What did it feel like to live in and serve Nazi Germany then be torn away from everything you knew only to be finally dumped back into the new world of Communist East Germany? Or was it new? Through the turbulent times of Franz Schmidt, feel how terror and disillusionment morphs into Boa constrictor, Gestapo into Stasi, trust into deceit. Only one constant theme gives him hope. "Escape from Babylon is an astonishingly well written first novel. A cross between Jeffrey Archer and Ian McEwan, it is an emotional roller coaster set against the uncertainties of post-war Europe. The main characters are sympathetic, and the baddies horrible." Sarah Challis 11 time best-selling novelist I am from former East Germany and live in Canada. This book is fantastic...it's our past and the story feels so real. Loved to read it!" Gabrielle Pahnke, Kindle purchaser.