Father Damien is a Catholic priest at Santa Maria Maggiorie in Bergamo Italy during World War II. He has witnessed the oppression and brutality that the German occupation has brought to his community. His primary concern is to shelter a handful of citizens who have sought sanctuary in his church. Among the elderly and unable t... o travel are seven young men who stay behind to protect their families. Father Damien and his force have the opportunity to confront Colonel Anton Fahn of the German regiment that attacked the sister city of Clusone to the north. They ransacked the village and have taken everything of value that they could carry on their way to Switzerland. Their detour to Bergamo to the south has disturbed his fellow officers. The Americans have landed in Genoa, Italy just six hours to the south west of Bergamo and there is not much time left for the Germans to complete their thievery. Father Damien organizes the resistance to the German’s encroachment on their town and prays for deliverance by the Americans.read more
BIOGRAPHY The author was born in a small town, Pittsburg, Kansas on July 20, 1948. He served four years in the US Air Force. He worked his way through college at the University of Missouri in Kansas City where he earned a Masters in Business Administration degree in 1975. He obtained his CPA in June, 1976. He is the former Gen... eral Manager for the Board of Public Utility in Kansas City. After sixteen years experience there he accepted employment in St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands where he was the Chief Financial Officer for the Water and Power Authority. His wife, Deanna enjoyed that experience for eight years before her death in January, 2004. Mr. Drake now lives in Kansas City, Kansas.read more
