A Return to Berlin

by Andy Wilson

Espin Slater is a haunted man. His body may have survived the Second World War but the wounds in his mind refuse to heal. Now, fifteen years after marching into the ruins of Berlin at the head of an occupying army, he returns to look for the one thing that can save him from the ghosts of the past.In a race against time, and his own deteriorating health, Slater searches for the girl who once appeared to him from the rubble and taught him the completeness of human emotion. 'A Return to Berlin' charts Slater's obsessive quest for meaning and love from D-Day, through jungle warfare in Malaya, and into the Cold War tensions of a city on the edge of breakdown...

132 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 2, 2012

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132p Espin Slater is a haunted man. His body may have survived the Second World War but the wounds in his mind refuse to heal. Now, fifteen years after marching into the ruins of Berlin at the head of an occupying army, he returns to look for the one thing that can save him from the ghosts of the past.
In a race against time, and his own deteriorating health, Slater searches for the girl who once appeared to him from the rubble and taught him the completeness of human emotion. 'A Return to Berlin' charts Slater's obsessive quest for meaning and love from D-Day, through jungle warfare in Malaya, and into the Cold War tensions of a city on the edge of breakdown...