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Award-winning author Elyse Hoffman strives to tell historical tales with new twists, including her latest title, “The God of Nazi-Land Part I”

Our agenda for tonight’s event:

• 6pm: Meet, greet, and order food and drinks from Elaine’s award-winning menu
• 7pm: Our 45-minute interview begins, followed by a 15-minute Q&A with the audience, to be produced for our popular podcast and video series
• 8pm: Guests talk with the author, buy her books, and get them signed!

Meet the Author: Elyse Hoffman is a best-selling, award-winning author of more than ten books, best known for her genre-blending works of WWII historical fiction laced with fantasy and Jewish folklore. A student of WWII since age thirteen, she wrote her first novel at fourteen. She studied English, History, and Law at George Mason University. In her spare time, she loves to read, work on pretty keyboards, and hang out with her co-authors: her goldendoodle Ari and her ex-feral cat, Echo. Her upcoming series, The God of Nazi-Land, is an ambitious blend of historical fiction and Dante’s Inferno, using history’s darkest chapter to ask dangerous questions about power, guilt, and what people become when time and luck are not on their side. Learn more: elysehoffman.com

Here are some of Elyse’s most recent books:

The God of Nazi-Land Part I

Adolf Hitler is dead and damned. The only way out of Hell is to repent.

When Adolf Hitler descends into the fiery depths of Hell, he is met with a grim revelation: Satan does not rule this realm alone. Instead, Hell is divided into many Zones, each ruled by a vengeful Master, a human being granted godlike power to torment the damned.

Hitler is condemned to Nazi-Land, a nightmarish corner of the underworld where he is surrounded by the very monsters he once commanded: Himmler, Goebbels, Goering, and Reinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague. Every form of torture is visited upon the Nazis, an unyielding punishment for their monstrous crimes during the Second World War.

But just as Hitler resigns himself to an eternity of agony, a new Master arrives in Nazi-Land: a seven-year-old Jewish girl. Soft-spoken, melancholic, and eerily familiar…

This new Master is unlike all the others. She refuses to torture the Nazis, and her mercy threatens to shatter the brutal, unforgiving order of Hell itself.

Now, Hitler and his Nazi cronies must protect the very person they would have once gladly killed: a Jewish child. But dark forces lurk in the outskirts of Hell, shadows determined to sabotage any hope for the sinners.

In a battle between mercy and vengeance, the future of the afterlife hangs by a thread. And in the heart of Hell, one little girl may be the only hope for the damned.

Adiel and the Führer — A chance to prevent the rise of Hitler… but at what cost?

Adiel Goldstein has a good life. Despite the anti-Semitism he faces as a German Jew, he has everything he wants. A dream job as an art professor, good friends, a loving father, and a precious nine-year-old daughter, Kaia. But his life is about to be upended. An old comrade from his time fighting in the Great War is gaining power: a man named Hitler. Adiel’s father insists that they need to leave the country before Hitler becomes the leader of Germany.

Adiel and his family plan to move to America, but before they can even pack their bags, he and Kaia make a shocking discovery. Adiel’s father, Natan Goldstein, is from the future. A Holocaust survivor who lost his family to unspeakable tragedy, Natan was given the chance to go back in time and take the life of Adolf Hitler. But when he failed to kill the future Führer, he devoted himself to his new family and awaited the inevitable.

Natan can’t face the Holocaust again, but Adiel’s unique connection to Hitler means he might be able to succeed where his father failed. Adiel now has a choice: escape as planned and let history repeat itself, or sacrifice everything to stop the Holocaust before it can begin.

Award-winning author Elyse Hoffman has crafted a thought-provoking and daring work of historical fiction that will tug at your heartstrings.

Black Fox One — A thrilling World War II story of lost love, bravery, and the hard road to redemption.

Jonas Amsel and Avalina Keller, devoted Nazis and best friends, have a bright future in Hitler’s Third Reich. Ava, a talented gymnast, wants to serve Germany in the Olympics, and Jonas, who has loved Ava since they were children, wants nothing more than to marry her and start a family. When he is about to propose, however, Ava and her entire family vanish without a trace.

Jonas blames the Jews for Ava’s disappearance and throws himself into a career in the Nazi Party. He serves the Reich under the ruthless Chief of the Gestapo, Reinhard Heydrich. Jonas becomes particularly good at capturing members of the Black Foxes, an anti-Nazi resistance group, earning Heydrich’s respect and the moniker of “the Fox Hunter.”

Impressed by Jonas’ skills, Heydrich gives him his most difficult task yet: capture the elusive Black Fox One, the Black Foxes’ most deadly and mysterious operative. No Nazi who has pursued Black Fox One has returned alive, but Jonas is determined and confident. Capturing Black Fox One might bring him one step closer to finding Ava.

But while he is hunting Black Fox One, Jonas makes a shocking discovery, forcing him to make an agonizing decision. He must choose between his love for the Reich and his heart, torn between the lies he has been taught all his life and the new truth before him.

The Vengeance of Samuel Val — A heart-breaking and thought-provoking WW2 story

Samuel Val is blessed with a loving family and a tight-knit community in his Jewish village of Khruvina. He dreams of becoming Khruvina’s Rabbi, but his dreams are crushed when his family is slaughtered by Nazi Officer Viktor Naden, the Beast of Belorussia.

With Samuel left as Khruvina’s only survivor, he joins the anti-Nazi resistance group known as the Black Foxes. Determined to avenge his family, he swears to hunt down and destroy Viktor Naden.

Samuel’s mission of vengeance, however, is put on hold when he is forced to escort a Jewish refugee to a safehouse operated by Black Fox Ten, a high-ranking member of the resistance.

While on his mission to save a life, Samuel discovers that the Beast of Belorussia might be closer than he thought. All at once, Samuel is given the chance to destroy Viktor Naden…but the cost will be high.

Will Samuel sell his soul for vengeance?

And there are more: Click here to view and buy all of Elyse’s books!

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About our Elaine’s Literary Salon Host, Jeffrey James Higgins: A retired supervisory special agent who writes thrillers, short stories, creative nonfiction, and essays, Jeff has wrestled a suicide bomber, fought the Taliban in combat, and chased terrorists across five continents. He received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Heroism and the DEA Award of Valor. Jeffrey has been interviewed by CNN, National Geographic, and The New York Times. Learn more: jeffreyjameshiggings.com

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