Rust and Bone
A Novel
$42.96
- Paperback
300 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2026
Summary
The last winter of the war comes as young Jakob Fritsch’s German village in Ukraine is torched by Russian troops. Separated from his mother and younger brother, he’s shoved onto a train’s stock car. Rumours float among them; they’re being taken to a work camp over the Urals, where they will be worked to death. As morning dawns, a lone Stuka dives from the sky, dropping its bomb on the locomotive, and the stock cars are blown from the tracks, tipped, and smashed. Through splintered boards, Jak…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770418509 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770418504 |
| Author: | Dietrich Kalteis |
| Publisher: | ECW Press,Canada |
| Imprint: | ECW Press,Canada |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
“Kalteis has crafted a propulsive historical page-turner that manages to be both heartbreaking and breathtaking as it cuts deep into the horrors experienced by civilians caught in the chaotic collapse of Hitler’s fever dream. He is unflinching in his portrayal of both the brutality and banality of Nazism, as well as the ice cold randomness of war as it impacts people on all sides. Rust and Bone is a clear-eyed exploration of the depths and the heights the human spirit can achieve.” – Philipp Schott, author of The Willow Wren
About The Author
Dietrich Kalteis
Dietrich Kalteis is the winner of the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Crime Novel for Under an Outlaw Moon. Acclaimed by critics and readers in Canada and abroad, he is the prolific author of 13 novels, two of which won Independent Publisher Awards. Kalteis enjoys life with his family on Canada’s beautiful West Coast, in West Vancouver, British Columbia.
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