TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Connor, Mary-Anne,
TI  - Never to surrender
SN  - 9781867225454
U1  - A823.4 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Sydney, NSW : 
PB  - HQ Fiction, 
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Fiction
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Greece
KW  - Crete
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Internment camps
KW  - Australia
KW  - Australian fiction
KW  - Crete (Greece)
KW  - History
KW  - Occupation, 1941-1945
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - fast
N1  - "From ashes they rise..." -- Cover
N2  - 1939: Australian-born Carl Smith loves his country and despises fascism, but he never meant to go to war. He is training to be a doctor and wants to protect lives, not take them. But if enlisting is the only way he can save his German-born father, Dr Louis Schmidt, from an internment camp, he will. 1941: Athena Papandrakis has grown up on the island of Crete, swimming in jewelled waters and exploring ancient ruins. Now her home is under threat and she is ready to fight to defend it from the hated Nazi invaders, just as her ancestors sought to protect their island home in the past. When Carl arrives in Crete with Allied Forces soldiers evacuated from the Greek mainland, he and Athena are intoxicated by each other. Carl is not the man her traditional parents would have chosen for their daughter, however, and hiding the secret of his German heritage from Athena could further threaten their love. Decisions must be made when they find themselves in an intense final stand against the Nazis as the Allied Forces retreat and the Cretan peasants are forced into guerrilla warfare. For Carl and Athena, it becomes a desperate quest for survival, and love, loyalty and trust will fight a battle to the last
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