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The Lebensborn Experiment

By: Joyce Yvette Davis
Narrated by: Kevin Gallagher
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Amid the chaos and destruction of World War II, racial profiling runs rampant. After kidnapped children whose appearances fails to meet the Nordic ideal are taken to concentration camps, some are used in experiments to satisfy the Reich's quest for Aryan superiority. It is April 28, 1945, and a sinister struggle between life and death secretly takes place high in a dingy tower of a medieval castle in the Black Forest. Under the watchful eyes of Nazi Colonel Otto Strass, notorious inventor Dr. Josef Weiss injects a 10-year-old Polish boy with an experimental serum, killing him - that is, until the child, Adok, is miraculously resurrected with unforeseen side effects. Meanwhile, somewhere in the castle dungeon, a Negro American soldier, Sergeant Kapp Johnson, awaits ceremonial execution. But things go awry. On that same day, Hitler's unexpected suicide throws the castle into bedlam. In the ensuing confusion, Kapp is mistakenly given the serum. In a matter of minutes, Kapp has been given a gift even God cannot bestow upon him: eternal life on Earth. In this exciting historical thriller, an American soldier and a Polish boy who unwittingly become victims of the Nazi regime in the final days of World War II must find a way to escape their fate and find their way back home before it is too late.

©2014 Joyce Davis (P)2016 Joyce Davis

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An Interesting tale

This book caught my attention, and I was hesitant, this genre isn't one I typically dive into, nor do I actively seek it out, but the thought of these type of experiments, and there were a lot during Hitler's reign, drew me in like a train wreck. Kevin's narration was well done, he acted the part well and offered a satisfying voice to the characters written.

Anyone that likes Historical fiction will more than likely enjoy this, even if you don't typically read this genre, it might be useful to give the sample a go and see how it resinates because it is an experience that makes you think differently.

*I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Women are of no consequence.

Set in the dying days of the Third Reich in the Second World War, the Lebensborn Experiment mixes historical fact with a fictional thriller. Germany used racial profiling to identify the perfect Nordic appearance and increased the national stock of blond haired, blue eyed children by kidnap (and baby farms), the youngsters then given to and raised by loyal Nazi families as their own. Other prisoners were subjected to bizarre and often disgusting experiments by Nazi scientists. One such is Dr.Weiss, whose desired intent is to create a serum which would provide invulnerability to it's subjects, returning a soldier to life after being killed and rapidly repairing injury. Supporting him, young colonel Strass sees potential for his own military rise, to become the new Fuhrer after Hitler's unexpected, and inconvenient, suicide.

The story centred around two recipients of the serum, a young Polish boy and a black American soldier, being held captive for execution at Hitler's anticipated visit. Interestingly, the U.S. racial discrimination is also mentioned. The writing is good, indeed, graphic, with some of the atrocities visual and shocking. The story line is also good, occasionally unexpected and the main protagonists are developed sufficiently to be either empathic or seriously disliked. The reader's involvement is further encouraged by the fine narration by Kevin Gallagher, whose pacing is excellent, the text read with understanding and involvement, and whose voicing of the characters is both individual and appropriate. A good lerformance.

Given that this is given the label Book 1 in the title, it is to be expected that a further volume will follow but none yet seems to be forthcoming. It will be very interesting to see in which direction author Joyce Yvette Davis will take the story. My thanks to the rights holder of The Lebensborn Experiment, who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy, via Audiobook Boom. Not always an easy read because of the issues brought forward, it is still a book both enjoyable and worth reading, especially for those who enjoy thrillers placed in historic settings, and wartime in particular.

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Good Nazi experiments story

This is a fiction story about the experiments developed by the nazi during the II World War.
I missed a bit of the background scientific stuff. The miracle serum is just presented as an enhancer of our imune system that makes us imortal with the added effect of enhancing our best abilities. So totally surreal.
For me the story was about the nazi mentality, moral dilemas, and people relations between nazis, jews, african-americans, and all the rest. And all of this when the war was already suppose to be over. The ending ties everything pretty well.
The narration is very good too.

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