The Beetle

di R. David Linkes (Autore)

R David Linkes, 2026

When the great powers of Europe declare war on one another, a young Henry Krit is one of the first to enlist in the Kaiser's Army. He survives the killing fields of the Western Front but does not make it out unscathed. The Germany he returns to is not the one he left four years earlier. Henry too, is not the same. He cannot return to the quiet existence he once led and falls into the life of a rootless wanderer, riding freight trains and living in the tent camps that spring up next to the tracks as the great depression settles over Europe. The struggles of the trenches have been replaced with a struggle to simply keep himself fed. Future finally shines when he lands a job with a start-up automobile firm tasked with building a car for the masses - a Peoples Car. The start-up is headed by an automotive visionary named Ferdinand Porsche and he would not disappoint. His Volkswagen is an instant success. A huge factory is constructed with it in mind but just as the first units begin coming off the line a second Great War breaks out. Production of the Peoples Car comes to an abrupt halt. It is pushed aside and forgotten as victory in Hitler's war takes precedence over all else. If not for the determined efforts of Henry, the Volkswagen would be destined to die an unwarranted death. He would risk all to save the odd little car and become the unlikely champion of an unassuming automobile that would take the world by storm and become a true legend of its time.

• Autore: R. David Linkes
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: R David Linkes
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798233804540