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The Barracks
The Barracks
Series · 5 books · 2020-2021
By
Elyse Hoffman
Books in series
#1
Barrack Five
2020
The ghosts of the past don’t always stay silent... When Vilém Rehor takes a security job at a former concentration camp, he assumes it will be dreary, but uneventful. But when someone starts carving their name onto the walls of Barrack Five, his supposedly boring job becomes more than he bargained for. Though he tries to catch the culprit and stop them from vandalizing the historic landmark, Vilém can’t figure out how they’re doing it—he never sees anyone, but that doesn’t mean he’s alone... As he delves deeper into the mystery of the vandal, he realizes that the Holocaust isn’t over for everyone. The spirit of a girl long gone reveals herself, desperate to be heard. Can Vilém help this restless soul? Barrack Five is a historical fiction novelette filled to the brim with emotion and mystery.
#2
Barrack Four
2020
The past has a funny way of coming back to haunt you... Vilém Rehor works at a former concentration camp. Although he’s the only living creature roaming the grounds overnight, he’s not alone… After freeing Raya Pomnenka, Vilém hoped his night shift would return to monotonous normality. But when the Camp’s director demands that he keep close watch on a particular exhibit, he encounters another spirit, the spirit of a young girl named Iveta. She, too, wants to tell her story, but this time someone wants to shut her up… As Vilém tries to make it through Iveta’s heartbreaking tale, he realizes his ties to the people who lived and died in the Camp are deeper than he could have imagined. Can he set this spirit free? Or will dark forces drive him away before he can discover the truth? Barrack Four is a historical fiction novelette, the sequel to Barrack Five, and a heartbreaking tale of the Holocaust.
#3
Barrack Three
2020
Vilém can hear ghosts, and they have secrets to share... As a concentration camp security guard with the strange ability to speak to spirits, he’s privy to stories lost to time, stories of the Holocaust and those who didn't live to tell their truths. But the more he learns about the Camp, the less he wants to know. Eager for a distraction, he and his girlfriend escape to his parents’ home, but even here, he can’t escape the Camp. His mother tells what little of his family’s story they know, revealing that his great-grandfather was close friends with the heroic Joseph Klammer, a Nazi guard who betrayed his SS brethren and saved a train full of Jews bound for Auschwitz. As soon as Vilém returns to the Camp, Joseph Klammer’s spirit appears, eager to share the truth about Vilém’s family...and confess that he is not the perfect hero of history. But another ghost is stalking the Camp, and he doesn’t want the truth to get out. Can Vilém discover what really happened the day the Auschwitz Train left the Camp? Or will dark forces keep him from his family’s past? Barrack Three is a historical fiction novelette, the sequel to Barrack Four, and a heartrending tale of the Holocaust.
#4
Barrack Two
2020
Can a parent ever go too far when protecting their child…? Vilém Rehor is about to become a father, and he wants nothing more than to be a good one. A good father and a good man, but as he sets about fulfilling Joseph Klammer’s final wish, he soon learns that sometimes it’s impossible to be both. Eager to memorialize the heroic Doctor who helped Klammer free four hundred Jews bound for Auschwitz, Vilém begins investigating the history of Doctor-Rabbi Yosef Doubek. He is shocked to discover that his tyrannical boss, Alica Doubek, is the daughter of the supposed hero...and she has done everything in her power to make sure he and his shameful past is forgotten. As Vilém encounters the Doctor’s ghost and learns of the Faustian bargain he made with the Architect of the Holocaust, Reinhard Heydrich, he is confronted with a barrage of impossible questions. How far would he go to keep his child safe? How much would he betray? And is Doctor Doubek worthy of seeing his daughter smile again? Barrack Two, the sequel to Barrack Three, is a heartbreaking tale of the Holocaust.
#5
Barrack One
2021
Past and present collide for the last time as Vilém Rehor, a night guard with the strange ability to speak to spirits, finds himself facing the wicked spirit of the Nazi Kommandant Hans Gerber. A new exhibit is set to open in the Camp, an exhibit dedicated to survivors of the Holocaust—an exhibit that is sure to anger the vicious ghost of the Kommandant. Vilém’s fiancée begs him to keep his distance lest he become yet another victim of the murderous Kommandant...but Vilém won’t let the Nazi hurt anyone else. Desperate to get rid of the ghost before the new exhibit opens, Vilém turns to the spirit of Reinhard Heydrich, the Architect of the Holocaust. The Hangman of Prague reluctantly gives Vilém enough information to coax Kommandant Gerber into speaking with him. But Heydrich’s confession is shocking: Kommandant Hans Gerber, the fanatical Nazi, had a Jewish brother. Armed with this revelation, Vilém confronts Gerber’s ghost, eager to finally discover the full truth...but to do so, he must delve into the memories of a monster. Barrack One is a thought-provoking, heartbreaking tale of the Holocaust, the conclusion to The Barracks Series.
Author
Elyse Hoffman
Author · 15 books