'Sundin grounds this suspenseful tale in rich historical detail. When the Germans march into Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt exchanges his nobility for anonymity, assuming a new identity so he can secretly row messages. You can get The Sound of Light at the library in print or as an audiobook or eBook on Libby or Hoopla. Bestselling author of more than a dozen WWII novels, Sarah Sundin offers pens another story of ordinary people responding to extraordinary circumstances with faith, fortitude, and hope for a brighter future. However, I will be reading the first book soon. Sarah Sundin is the bestselling author of When Twilight Breaks, Until Leaves Fall in Paris, and the popular WWII series Sunrise at Normandy, among others. This book is the third in a series, though it doesn’t seem strictly necessary to read the first and second book before this one. This book is enjoyable because these characters have both hearts and brains, and use them in concert to live courageously in a dangerous time. In the end, both Else and Henrik will learn that appearances can be deceiving. Henrik has some unresolved issues with his father, a difficult man who has seemingly unachievable expectations for his son, and who appears to be collaborating with the Nazis. The second Henrik Ahlfeldt, a Danish Baron who slips into a rough underground persona to work with the Danish resistance, as a worker in a shipyard owned by his father. Sarah's novels have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. The novel centers around two main characters:Įlse Jensen, an American physicist working in a research lab in Copenhagen who is dedicated to remaining in the country to complete her work despite the Nazi threat and the difficulties of working for a misogynistic lab supervisor. She is the bestselling and Christy Award-winning author of The Sound of Light (February 2023), Until Leaves Fall in Paris (2022), When Twilight Breaks (2021), and several World War II series.

I recently read The Sound of Light by Sarah Sundin, which takes place in Denmark at the start of the Second World War. or in silence.4 Likes The Sound of Light by Sarah Sundin Reviewed by Mary Miller, Circulation Assistant When the Occupation cracks down on the Danes, these two passionate people will discover if there is more power in speech.

While printing resistance newspapers, she hears stories of the movement’s legendary Havmand and wonders if the silent shipyard worker living in the same boardinghouse has something to hide. Else Jensen refuses to abandon her research in Copenhagen-work that means more to her than freedom. He assumes the identity of Hemming Anderson and swaps his nobility for mobility and anonymity so he can secretly row messages for the Danish Resistance across the waters to Sweden under the code name Havmand-the merman.Īmerican physicist Dr. When the Nazis occupy Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt is determined to exchange his dissolute life for a life filled with purpose.

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