The Wooden King: A Novel

Winner: 2019 IPPY Award - Gold Medal in War/Martime Fiction Shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award

Czechoslovakia, 1939: Snow is falling over the city when the Nazis invade. Before the ice on the roads has a chance to melt, everything has changed for the country—and for Viktor Trn.

It isn’t obvious at first. The day-to-day realities of occupation take time to sink in. After losing his job as a history professor, Trn remains optimistic, preserving what little he can of his famil...