The Twins of Narvik begins as a modern day mystery as a Texas Billionaire's mother claims to have had a mysterious set of twin sons who fought in World War II. Diane Sterling is brought in to investigate this story with her connections to the CIA and MI6, and uncovers a tale of three international families ultimately entwined in the warfare within Norway's Arctic Circle. It is a tale of generational sacrifice, honor and love. Part I covers the years 1912 - 1939. Part II (separate volume) covers the years of World War II.
David Trawinski retired after 35 years at the end of 2015. Since then, he has enjoyed combining his love for storytelling, travel and history into the publishing of his four historical novels.
The first three of these are known collectively as The Chopin Trilogy.
"The Willow's Bend" was published in 2016, and tells the story of Stanley Wisniewski, a retired CIA officer. Stanley is brought out of retirement to solve the mysterious death of an executive found drowned in the canals of Amsterdam. During the investigation. Stanley has flashbacks to the story his father told him of surviving Auschwitz concentration camp and war-ravaged Poland during World War II. The two stories intertwine in a dramatic climax in the streets of Warsaw.
"Chasing The Winter's Wind" is both a sequel and prequel to "The Willow's Bend". Stanley is now being pursued across Europe by the CIA. Stanley's backstory of setting up his network in communist Poland is explained, as is his past partnership with his CIA assigned pursuer - Diane "The Huntress" Sterling.
Trawinski's third book, "War of the Nocturne's Widow" finishes this trilogy. Diane Sterling is missing, and the CIA assumes she is being provided shelter by Britain's Secret Service - MI6. A war between the two agencies is brewing. As the plot unfolds, the past story of Stanley being drawn into Project Osiris is revealed. Stanley's path entangles with the repressive Stasi East German secret police, and its collapse during the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
Trawinski's book "Ever Blooms The Rose", co=authored with his wife Marie, is a historical fiction set in a small north Georgia town at the end of the Civil War. Two Confederate Soldiers return wounded from the Battle of Chickamauga after having survived most of the war. Once friends, they soon become pitted against each other over two women - Deekie, the town's girl orphaned by the war, and Ever, the innocent niece of a corrupt Irish Carpetbagger. Its sequel is the Novel "Guns of The Yellow Rose", the husband and wife team's first foray into the Western Genre.
Trawinksi has also authored a WWI/WWI sage in the two volume "The Twins of Narvik".
The multi-novel series "The Life of Marek Zaczek" will eventually span the period of 1772-1831, including the complete Napoleonic War era.