"The Sound of Light", by Sarah Sundin

Copenhagen 1940’s

Blurb from the back cover

In WW11 Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt assumes identity of a common shipyard worker, rowing messages to Sweden for the Resistance. His life depends on keeping his secret hidden- a task that proves challenging when he meets Else Jensen, an American physicist who seems to see right through him.

My thoughts

Set mostly in Copenhagen at the time when Germans overtook Denmark this tale gives a view how things may have unfolded and how the Danes responded to the Nazis and Gestapo. Along the way, it is interesting to read how Else went about facing her dilemmas at the institute where she worked as a physicist dealing with a culture that prizes machismo and had rigid gender roles. I love how the author depicted the Baron known by his fellows’ workers as Hemming, this mysterious man who hides his past so he can work secretly for the resistance, rowing across the Sound passing important papers to Sweden. Of course, Else and Hemming met and slowly through the pages we have a blossoming romance....nicely done.

This historical romance is well said and very entertaining. This novel is published by Revell in them you will not find profanity or sexual scenes. “The Sound of Light” makes up for this by given us captivating descriptions of sabotage, escape, capture and to shock us a bit of torture all wrapped up in a story highlighting the courage and determination of people and how most of them help save thousands of Jewish people from the clutch of evil .

Well-done.

I had the opportunity to receive a copy of this book from Revell through the Early Reviewers program.