The city of Cologne, Germany has been bombed on May 30th and 31st, 1942. Alina Fischer has survived the bombing, but has yet to see the end of the war. Before she can get her bearings, Alina is yanked from the smoldering remains of her village, tested, separated, and put on a truck to a destination which, she fears, only foreshadows that the worst is yet to come. Sequel to Follow