Greselile costa. Cel mai mult costa nesupunerea si actiunile personale. Candva, in anul 1944 La Berlin si langa linia frontului, Curtile Martiale isi fac asteapta sa dea verdicte. Plutonul de executie e pregatit si el. Pusi la zid sau cu arma la ochi, soldatii mersesera pana la capat pe Drumul sangeros catre moarte Sven, Porta, Micutul au ajuns intr-un loc uitatde Dumnezeu, plin de serpi, scorpioni si furnici uriase. Un loc al mortii si al desertaciunii. Orice greseala ii va costa. Sven Hassel Sven Hassel, pe numele sau adevarat Børge Willy Redsted Pedersen, s-a nascut pe 19 aprilie 1917, la Fredensborg, in Danemarca. in 1937 Hassel s-a mutat in Germania pentru a se inrola ca voluntar in armata. A luptat pe mai multe fronturi si a ajuns la gradul de locotenent. S-a predat trupelor sovietice de la Berlin in 1945 si si-a petrecut anii urmatori in mai multe lagare. A inceput sa scrie prima sa carte, Legiunea blestematilor, in timp ce era prizonier, iar aceasta a fost publicata in 1953. A murit la 21 septembrie 2012. Sven Hassel a publicat mai multe volume de mare succes international, printre Blindatele mortii, Monte Cassino, Camarazi de front, Imperiul iadului, Gestapo, General SS, Moarte si viscol, Comisarul, Curtea Martiala si Drum sangeros catre moarte, fiind recunoscut drept unul dintre cei mai importanti scriitori de fictiune istorica despre razboi din lume. Cartea a aparut la editura NEMIRA Cartea a aparut la Editura Nemira. Infiintata in 1991,EdituraNemiraeste una dintre primele edituri particulare din Romania. Initial, Nemira a fost identificata cu literatura science-fiction, dupa ce a lansat colectia Nautilus, extrem de bine primita de cititori, devenind un brand cu un public extrem de fidel si activ. Autori celebri au fost publicati pentru prima data in George R.R. Martin, Philip K. Dick, Stephen King sau Frank Herbert. Totodata, Nemira a lansat tineri autori romani si a promovat valorile autentice. H.R. Patapievici, I.P. Culianu, Radu Aldulescu, Daniel Banulescu, Petre Barbu si-au publicat primele carti de dupa 1989 la Nemira. Astazi, Nemira isi invita cititorii sa porneasca intr-o calatorie literara in jurul lumii citind autorii publicati in colectiile Babel si Damen Tango, precum Julian Barnes, David Foenkinos, Muriel Barbery, Elizabeth Hickey , Stefania Auci, Daniel Mason, Min Jin Lee, Sebastien Japrisot, Amor Towles, Dinah Jefferies, Anne Girard, Kathleen Tessaro, Irina Reyn, Weina Dai Randel, Josie Silver, Lindsay Jay
Hassel served in the Danish merchant navy till 1937, when he moved to Germany to join the army. He served with the second Panzer Division stationed at Eisenach and in 1939 was a tank driver during the invasion of Poland. A year later he attempted to escape because of being mentally exhausted. He was transferred to a Sonderabteilung, a penal unit manned by criminals and dissidents. He served with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and later the 11th and 27th Panzer Regiments (6th Panzer Division) on all fronts except North Africa and was wounded several times. Eventually he reached the rank of lieutenant and received an Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class. He surrendered to Soviet troops in Berlin in 1945 and spent the following years in various POW camps. He began to write his first book Legion of the Damned while he was interned. He was released in 1949, and was planning to join the French Foreign Legion when he met Dorthe Jensen. They got married in 1951. He went to work in a car factory. In 1957 Sven Hassel suffered from an attack of a sickness caught during the war and was paralyzed for almost two years. After recovery, he began to write more books.