Before creating The Wolf’s Den, I was always fascinated by World War II documentaries and Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. How the greatest evil ever born was allowed to rise and almost bring the world to its knees. And even one person, no matter how insignificant they are to that great force, can stand up against death and tyranny. The inspiration for OSS agent Adrian Krause was from Oskar Schindler.
Using his charming personality to fool even the most dangerous people to achieve his mission. Everyone being an actor on the world stage is taken to a whole new level. Even though it’s a disgusting feeling to wear the swastika armband, hanging a picture of Adolf Hitler, and not speaking up to the Third Reich, it’s important to blend in.
Going in guns blazing would only put the lives you’re trying to save at risk. The inspiration for the Gestapo officers didn’t only come from real life Nazis but from bullies from my personal life. Most notably from high school and others I had encountered along the way. Absolutely the most horrid people I have ever faced, and I wanted to put that same, raw energy into these characters.
I believe it’s important not to whitewash the acts of bullies and evil people. Show them for who they really are and the devastation they inflict on others. To let them become a teaching tool in how we react and not let ourselves become like them. For Marlene, the Jewish woman the Nazi defector is risking everything for, I didn’t want to make her a typical damsel in distress. Even though she needed saving, she saves her husband’s sanity with love and strong will.
It takes all involved to get through it. A note to mention too is that I got done with the rough draft of this manuscript two months before disaster struck. A building collapsed next to me at my apartment and I was displaced. After that my dad died from a heart attack. This story was put on the backburner.
As I was too busy and distracted with other things. But I’m glad the story is being told to the world. It’s not just about the Nazis, it’s about friendship and love. The things we need to keep our sanity and to push ourselves against overwhelming odds. That’s our real weapon against all the bad in the world.
The Wolf’s Den
An OSS agent, Adrian Krause, receives a last-minute assignment to enter the wolf’s den of 1940s Germany.
Looking forward to returning to America to see his family, Krause’s trip is stopped abruptly when he is tasked with retrieving top secret intelligence in relation to a German physicist and the Third Reich’s atomic weapons programme.
The agent first investigates the physicist, Dr. Joachim Herz, who is a member of the National Socialist party.
The mission becomes complicated when Krause discovers that not all is what it seems.
Two rogue Gestapo officers are blackmailing Herz by sparing his beloved Jewish wife from transportation to the gas chambers.
The OSS agent and member of the Nazi party must now work together.
Before the Gestapo threatens to bring both their lives to a brutal end...
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