Prodigal Sons

Munich, 1950, occupied West Germany; Horst Vogle is quietly working to reassemble the city museum's art collection. Aspiring pianist, Greta Furster, introduces him to a group of ambitious war veterans seeking to restore German pride and help refugees fleeing the Communist East. Vogle learns that they are using Nazi gold to fund Egyptian weapons intended to be used against Israel. Vogle has his own secret. He is Jan Goldberg, one-time Jewish Partisan and soldier in the Israeli War of Independence, now an Israeli assassin, targeting Nazi fugitives. To Goldberg, recovering gold taken from Jewish victims is a way of gaining retribution for the Holocaust and as his bond to Greta intensifies, his mission and identity are tested. This fact-based thriller is a must-read for fans of John Le Carr and Alan Furst. It's an intriguing take on the Nazi legacy in Post War Germany and an exploration of the polarities of revenge and reconciliation, the limitations of ideology, and the power of love.

Sheldon L. Greene is a San Francisco attorney and an executive of a wind energy company. He served on Barack Obama’s national policy teams for energy and immigration. A graduate of Ohio’s Case Western Reserve University he was formerly Warden of Insurance of the State of Ohio and General Counsel of California Rural Legal Assistance, where he challenged the federal and state governments on health, labor, and immigration policies. He is the author of the novels Lost and Found and Burnt Umber. Lost and Found (Random House): a Holocaust survivor chooses between life in a small Western Pennsylvania town and Israel. The Los Angeles Times Book Review gave it a Critics Commendation and said, ＂Greene is a born storyteller＂ The Indianapolis News wrote, ＂...The book goes down like fine vintage wine. Lost & Found is a beautiful work beautifully done...＂ Burnt Umber (Leap Frog Press), spans the Twentieth Century viewed through the lives and art of two real artists and the women who put up with them. Among the themes are narcissism and creativity and the evolving independence of women. BookList described it as ＂A beautifully written account of the lives of artists caught up in turbulent times...＂