This work by contemporary author Sir Notare A. Lauthor demonstrates one of the best works of contemporary fiction this reviewer has ever read. This forbidden romance between a young Aryan lieutenant and a member of an oppressed minority hunted by the powers of Europe will tug at your heartstrings. The young Ariana, hunted her whole life finds her freedom, and her heart, in the hands of Hans Goebbels, third son of the Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels. These two star struck lovers from two different worlds must fight together against the great powers trying to wrench them apart amid the most terrible years of the Second World War. It’s a dark tale of romance from the shadowed days early in the war.
Lauthor’s descriptive sentences paint the stark reality of these times in intense detail, giving sight into the darkest corners of those days. The compelling recreation of life at a work camp lends fresh perspective to the old horrors, both real and imagined, that we so often attribute to those dark places. This terrible imagery works to show the incredible luster of the romance between Hans and Ariana. The contrast between them brings new greater meaning to their truly forbidden romance. Hans meet the beautiful Ariana on assignment in the Black forest in Southern Germany. And the reader watches as the two grow closer and closer despite their many differences. But these bright moments do not last as the soldiers of the Reich come for Hans and find him with Ariana, deep within the dark forest.
Despite their greatest resistance, Ariana is captured and taken under guard back to the Capital of Berlin. Hans resolves to release his love by any means at his disposal. He throws himself into the politics of the Nazi party and soon discovers the plans for one of the greatest acts of Nazi oppression; Kristallnacht. On that night, at great personal risk Hans returns to his love and frees her. Together again, among the terrible tragedies of that night, they escaped. But that would not be the end of their trials.
For despite the abiding love between them, they came from truly different worlds. The tear-jerking conclusion to the story may remain one of the most touching endings in the history of the genre. Hans, the young soldier, scarred by that which he has seen and done must decide his place. Should he stay and fight to save the country he loves, or go with Ariana to her home in the Stars. Never before has a romance between man and alien been so real. Ariana, tired and disgusted with earth, flies into the heavens in her cylindrical ship. Does Hans go with her to travel the stars and leave his homeland behind? This reviewer will leave it to the reader to discover on their own.
Stars over Kristallnacht was an amazing journey and without a doubt the best science fiction romance of the decade. This reviewer would suggest it for all who appreciate love, romance, and space travel.
-Arvid Macenion
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