内容简介

Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.

Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.

In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier—a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.

Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.

Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love.

作者简介

Mark T. Sullivan (b. 1958) is an author of thrillers. Born in a Boston suburb, he joined the Peace Corp after college, traveling to West Africa to live with a tribe of Saharan nomads. Upon returning to the United States, he took a job at Reuters, beginning a decade-long career in journalism that would eventually lead to a job as an investigative reporter for the San Diego Tribu...

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精彩摘录

在沉默片刻之后，皮诺说：“你知道吗，年轻的朋友，我明年就九十岁了，但对我来说，生活依然难以预料。我们永远不知道下一刻会发生什么，会看到什么，会有哪个重要的人进入我们的生活，会失去哪个重要的人。生活在变化之中，永远在变化之中，除非我们足够幸运找到其中的喜剧，否则生活即便不是一场悲剧，也会非常具有戏剧性。在历经沧桑之后，即便天空变成可怕的猩红色，我依然坚信只要我们幸运地活着，无论每一天有多少缺憾，我们都必须向每天、每一刻的奇迹致以谢意。我们必须相信上帝，相信宇宙，相信更美好的明天，哪怕没有得偿所愿。”“这是皮诺·莱拉长寿而且快乐的秘方吧？”我说。

——引自章节：第五部分主说：“伸冤在我，我必报应。”

“我们是为了吃饭，是为了活下去。难道这也有错吗？”绳子后方的多莉似乎屈服了命运，她将头发倒身后，想抬起头，却又抬不起来。预备一”游击队队长说。安娜尖叫起来：“不！我不是娼妓！我不是勾结犯！我是女仆。我只是女仆。谁能相信我。我只是个女仆。多莉，告诉他们。多莉？告诉他们啊！多莉似平没有听到安娜的叫喊声。她凝视着举起步枪的行刑队。天啊！”安娜哭嚎道，“谁能告诉他们我只是个女仆啊！瞄准皮诺开口了。他看向面前的游击队战士。那个战士打量着皮诺，开始起疑心了。皮诺喊道，那是真的，她是无辜的，搞错了开火！”步枪开火了，仿佛锣鼓喧天。安娜玛尔塔心口中弹她受此影响好像一下子打起了精神，露出惊讶的神色，似乎在朝皮诺望去，仿佛她的精神察觉到了皮诺就在那里，在最后一刻大声呼唤他。安娜靠着墙瘫倒下来，在尘土中死去。

——引自章节：第二十九章