The Breach

Burying the past comes at a high price…

1922, South Tyrol. A year after the Italian Fascists marched on Bozen. nationalism in the Tyrolean Reschen Valley creates enemies out of old friends. Trusting no one, Katharina Steinhauser fiercely protects the identity of her daughter's father from both her family and her community. Meanwhile, Mussolini has wrested control from the monarchy, and momentum behind the plans for the Reschen Lake reservoir increases—a project that could wipe out Katharina's valley. Katharina begs the man in charge, Angelo Grimani, to stop the plans at the risk of bringing him into her life again. But Angelo is hemmed in by a force that is tearing his family apart, steering him far from the Reschen Valley and that which binds him to Katharina. It's exactly the opportunity the Fascists have been waiting for.

Following No Man's Land, The Breach is the second novel in the Reschen Valley series. If you enjoy gripping historical fiction that won't let you go, you will love Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger's vivid, politically-charged saga.

"An authentic, rich story." —Laurel Busch, historical fiction editor and author

"Well-executed…powerful…moved me to my core." —Ann Howard Creel, The Uncertain Season

"…transports you to another time and place." —Kristi Saare Duarte, The Transmigrant

"It was so tense, I was holding my breath. …even better than the first one!" —Dori Harrell, A Christmas Hallelujah