I did not expect such a detailed and accurate account of the conquest of what used to be called the >ostmark< from a fiction author. Incredibly well researched considering the few literature available on that war theatre and very accurate as far as I can judge – even the fighting in the little remote village I come from – where SS troups made a last standoff against us troops – is described. Although the author tries to keep a balanced account – an even more critical view on the ss madmen would probably not have hurt.. implaccable narration