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Max Bauer, war hero and Expressionist painter, is an ambitious protege of the artistic-minded-but anti-Modernist-Adolf Hitler. He is the assigned curator of the infamous Degenerate Art and Aryan Art exhibitions in 1937 Berlin. Torn between ambition and revulsion, he defends his creative integrity, his colleagues, and his steadfast, half-Jewish physician wife Frieda from escalating Nazi terror. As danger mounts and his pacifism crumbles, Max battles an obsessive but refined Gestapo henchman determined to destroy them. His fight to save not only his artistic legacy but also his country and loved ones culminates with the massive Crystal Night pogrom, when-with Frieda-he resolves this high stakes jeopardy. This visual and fast paced story-with right-angle conflicts-is based upon true incidents, and includes the romance of a strong female character, a fresh spin on odious, historical figures, and a final struggle to destroy evil at its source.

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R. Manolakas lives in Dana Point, CA, and has authored through Amazon, Createspace, and ACX books and audiobooks since 2013, including a trilogy of novellas, a short story, a novel, and a non-fiction title about health and fitness. He has also shown his oil paintings in a well-regarded gallery in Laguna Beach. His vocational background is in health care and management. Now, his latest novel hits the market--the fast-paced historical novel about an Expressionist painter whose life--and that of his half-Jewish physician wife--collide with the oppression of a vicious but refined Nazi henchman, in 1937 Berlin. The Nazi terror apparatus desires to destroy the Modernist art movement, and the main character in Palette Knife --a war hero--fights back with the help of his lovely, strong and resourceful spouse. The author's intimate knowledge of painting and medicine serves to give his prose the ring of truth. The novel is based upon true historical incidents which resonate today.

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