Volk [Paperback]

Piers Anthony (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1999

SET DURING WORLD WAR II, Volk is the story of friendship that transcends politics and war. Lane is an American fighter pilot; Quality, an American pacifist Quaker; and Ernst, a Nazi.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Piers Anthony is the acclaimed author of more than 100 novels and short story collections. His books include the Xanth series, the Mode series, Chthon and Total Recall. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Pulpless.Com (September 1, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 1584451602
• ISBN-13: 978-1584451600
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,644,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Piers Anthony is one of the world's most popular fantasy authors, and a New York Times bestseller twenty-one times over. His Xanth novels have been read and loved by millions of readers around the world, and he daily receives hundreds of letters from his devoted fans.In addition to the Xanth series, Anthony is the author of many other best-selling works. Piers Anthony lives in Inverness, Florida.

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could have been a good book, but, October 20, 1999

By A Customer

This book is written so poorly. Anthony should have spent a month or more actually reading through the book and questioning things, instead of writing it and leaving it at that. Is it even remotely believable that after Quality falls in love with Ernst that she tells his former fiance, "Oh, I know a perfect guy for you, (who just happens to be my former fiance) if only you could meet ..." And of course, they do meet, oh-so coincidently. That is just one example of things working out too neatly to be satisfying. Half the book reads like poor journalism, the other half like an adolescent attempt at literature. I hate to be harsh on Piers, but dang it, I want to see him go back to writing REAL novels, with real characters, real conflict, and a real plot.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Provative, March 4, 2011

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This review is from: Volk (Kindle Edition)

No American likes to think that there may have been good men in the German army during WWII, who were just doing their duty.
Kudos to Piers Anthony for showing there are always two sides to every story.
I liked this book. It made me think about who else I'd stereotyped and gave me a lovely romantic story besides.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Volk a great historical book, December 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Volk (Hardcover)

Volk is a historical novel set before and during World War II. It has three main characters. Through their eyes we see the development of the war. There is Quality, an American Quaker that will test her pacifism in the war zone; Lane, a pilot and Quality's fiance that joins the war early through the Royal Air Force(RAF); and Ernst, a German exchange student that befriend Lane before the war and later becomes a German SS officer.

This novel is incredible good. It is not the typical war novel with a lot of fighting and blood. It is more concerned about each characters and how the war affected them. Quality, as a Quaker, goes to Spain during the end of the Spanish Civil War and her life changes completely. Lane, is a member of a very special pilot group that promote a new way to do air war. And Ernst, after joining the SS, find his Nazi idealism testes to the limit as the horrible facts of the war unfold in front of his eyes.

This is a remarkable novel in the tradition of other historical novel of Piers Anthony like Tantham Mound. If you like well-written historical novel and want to learn new things about World War II this is the novel to read.