num_pages: 509
description:  Based on the true story of a forgotten hero Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant epic tale of one young mans incredible courage and resilience during one of historys darkest hours.Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. Hes a normal Italian teenagerobsessed with music food and girlsbut his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps and falls for Anna a beautiful widow six years his senior.In an attempt to protect him Pinos parents force him to enlist as a German soldiera move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitlers left hand in Italy General Hans Leyers one of the Third Reichs most mysterious and powerful commanders.Now with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.Fans of All the Light We Cannot See The Nightingale and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history suspense and love.
language: English
title: Beneath a Scarlet Sky
publisher: Lake Union Publishing