Let me start off by saying I'm a sucker for any WWII fictional story, and this one is a good one. Good, not great. The three main characters are unlikeable, but the author weaves them into a story that keeps you interested to see where their actions take them.
You are first introduced to Adam, and within the first few pages you discover that he is a rich asshole who thinks he can do whatever he pleases. This turns around for him, and throughout the book he keeps making mistake after mistake to save his, his company's and his grandfather's reputation. The author tries to weave in a rough background with neglectful parents but you do not feel sorry for him. He is an asshole.
His wife Tess is an equally dislikeable character. She has no backbone. She discovers all the mistakes Adam makes and does nothing. You are waiting the entire book for her to lose it because he's an asshole. She lets Adam walk all over her and cannot commit to ideas and plans. Again the author tries to weave in a woe is me background with a failed career attempt, but yet again you don't care.
Arkady is the only character with a little substance. A WWII survivor, he is the only character with a backbone. His part of the story mainly focuses on his time in a concentration camp, and you feel for his character. There is a good plot twisy to his character towards the end of the story, which was a little predictable, but no commonly used in other WWII stories I come across.
The story is filled with too many incomplete storylines. While there is a lot of action, there seem to be no consequences as the author moves on to the next action to cover up the previous one. I was left feeling slightly unsatisfied with how the story ended, but also entertained with the hero story surrounds Arkady, which is what this story needed to make it good