Before the Court of Heaven

Historical Fiction based on a true story of Weimar Germany and the rise of the Third Reich. Winner of 13 book awards.
2017 Independent Press Award - Winner - Historical Fiction 2017 Independent Press Award - Winner - General Fiction 2016 IndieReader Discovery Award - 1st Place - Fiction
2015 Nautilus Book Award Winner - Fiction - Silver medal
2016 Readers' Favorite Book Award - Gold Medal - Fiction -Social Issues
2016 Finalist - Grand Prize (Eric Hoffer Award) - Fiction
2016 Honorable Mention (Eric Hoffer Award) - Commercial Fiction
2016 Finalist - First Horizon Award (Eric Hoffer Award) - Fiction
2015 Finalist - Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award -Historical
Fiction
2015 Mom's Choice Award - Gold Medal - Historical Fiction
2015 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Novel Fall 2015
2015 Beverly Hills Book Awards - Finalist- "Faction" - fiction based on true stories.
A Best Indie Book of 2015 - IndieReader (5-stars)
Shelf Unbound - Notable Indie -2015 Best Indie Books.


Germany, after World War I. Ernst Techow, son of a magistrate, a child of privilege, joins the violent right-wing response to Germany's defeat. As a member of the para-military Free Corps and the murderous Organization C, he is recruited into a clandestine assassination network trying to bring down Germany's fledgling Weimar democracy. These are the seeds of the Third Reich. Ernst participates in the murder of Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau, the highest-ranking Jew in the Weimar Republic.
While on trial for his life, Ernst receives an unfathomable offer of forgiveness that jolts his surety in the fascist cause and sets him on a complex and harrowing journey of redemption. Throughout, he pursues his childhood sweetheart, Lisa. They are star-crossed lovers, their passion inextinguishable, buffeted by the rising storm of Nazi ascendance.
Before the Court of Heaven, though fiction, is populated by historical figures and accurately depicts events as they unfolded in Germany and beyond. Animated as historical fiction, Before the Court of Heaven is an immunization against recurrence.