Cold Victory: A Novel of the Berlin Airlift
(Bridge to Tomorrow Book 3)
Publication Date: 12th May 2025
Publisher: Cross Seas Press
Page Length: 669
Genre: Historical Fiction
You know you're winning when the enemy turns to dirty tricks ....
With the Airlift gaining momentum, the Russians turn to more devious tactics to thwart the forces of democracy. Key players -- or their loved ones -- are targeted in unscrupulous attacks. Simultaneously, the policy of "collective guilt" has been replaced by "collective amnesty," enabling former Nazis to worm their way back into positions of power. Yet throughout this dangerous dance with the henchmen of dictators, women are steadily rebuilding Berlin and Germany.
Award-winning novelist Helena P. Schrader takes the reader away from the limelight and into the shadow side of the Berlin Airlift to explore the social, psychological and long-term impact of this seminal event.
Based on historical events, Cold Victory reminds readers that standing up to tyrants isn't easy -- but sometimes it is necessary.
Praise
"With captivating storytelling, a profound grasp of the historical era, and an outstanding array of memorable characters, Helena Schrader's “Cold Victory: A Novel of the Berlin Airlift (Bridge to Tomorrow Book 3)” is essential reading for anyone who appreciates compelling historical fiction."
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Helena P. Schrader
Award-Winning and Best-Selling Historical Novelist
Author of 26 Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction Titles, Winner of numerous literary accolades
“Helena Schrader’s in-depth stories, fantastic characters, and ability to write an unforgettable tale make her one of the best authors out there!” Feathered Quill
For readers tired of clichés and cartoons, award-winning novelist Helena P. Schrader offers nuanced insight into historical events and figures based on sound research and an understanding of human nature. Her complex and engaging characters bring history back to life as a means to better understand ourselves. Her motto is: Understanding ourselves by Understandig the Past. Helena’s chief areas of expertise are Aviation, the Second World War, Ancient Sparta, and the Crusader States.
Helena's current project is the three-part "The Bridge to Tomorrow Series," which shows how the West stopped Russian aggression without war during the Berlin Crisis of 1948/1949. The series goes beyond the political chess game and logistical achievements of the Berlin Airlift to explore the social and psychological impact of this pivotal historical event. The characters -- women and men, British, American, German and Ukrainian -- enable the reader to see the unfolding events through different perspectives. As the reader gets drawn into their lives, the historical tensions rise, and the trilogy accelerates the pace to that of a thriller. "The Bridge to Tomorrow Series" is about winning a war with milk, coal and candy bars.
The first book in the series, "Cold Peace," won six literary accolades including GOLD for Military Fiction in the Historical Fiction Company's 2023 Book Awards, Gold in the 2024 Feathered Quill Awards, runner-up for the Historical Fiction Company's prestigious BOOK OF THE YEAR award in 2023, an Indie BRAG medallion and a Maincrest Media Award. For an overview of all Helena's awards please visit her website.
Helena holds a PhD in history from the University of Hamburg, which she earned with a ground-breaking biography of a leader of the German Resistance to Hitler, and served as an American diplomat in Europe and Africa. She grew up sailing the Maine coast, was a passionate horsewoman, and is now retired and living with her husband and two dogs.
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