ENTOMBED
Six Men Buried Alive for Six Years
How can they possibly survive?
INSPIRED BY AN ASTONISHING TRUE STORY
This amazing book reveals, for the first time, one of the most astonishing true stories to emerge from the period
of the Second World War.
It has been published by Big Sky Publishing and is available worldwide. There are both print and ebook editions. Please go to your preferred bookseller to obtain a copy.
of the Second World War.
It has been published by Big Sky Publishing and is available worldwide. There are both print and ebook editions. Please go to your preferred bookseller to obtain a copy.
Recent comments from a few readers:
*****
Reviewed by Dr Max Hunter
It is with pleasure that I was asked by the author to do a book review on "Entombed". I was flattered some years ago when he asked me to review the story outline of this book with a view to considering the medical aspects of such a long period of imprisonment with particular attention to physical, nutritional and psychological aspects of this situation. I will be somewhat guarded here, as the story has expanded into a full novel and there are many factors which need to be presented only at the appropriate time. I was enthralled at the story which Tony has produced and the development of the story line to a completely believable psychological thriller. This book has been developed from a true situation at the Polish port of Gdynia in 1945 during the WWII German evacuation in the middle of a RAAF Lancaster bombing raid and Tony has managed to create and explain from these basics a story which captures the reader for its entirety. He even manages to maintain a romantic thread through the entire story. I am not going to give anything else away.
An excellent read and well up to his usual meticulous standard.
Dr Max Hunter
It is with pleasure that I was asked by the author to do a book review on "Entombed". I was flattered some years ago when he asked me to review the story outline of this book with a view to considering the medical aspects of such a long period of imprisonment with particular attention to physical, nutritional and psychological aspects of this situation. I will be somewhat guarded here, as the story has expanded into a full novel and there are many factors which need to be presented only at the appropriate time. I was enthralled at the story which Tony has produced and the development of the story line to a completely believable psychological thriller. This book has been developed from a true situation at the Polish port of Gdynia in 1945 during the WWII German evacuation in the middle of a RAAF Lancaster bombing raid and Tony has managed to create and explain from these basics a story which captures the reader for its entirety. He even manages to maintain a romantic thread through the entire story. I am not going to give anything else away.
An excellent read and well up to his usual meticulous standard.
Dr Max Hunter
*****
Five Stars
What is astonishing about Entombed by Tony Matthews is that this absolute page-turner is based on a true story.
How could six German soldiers be buried alive underground for six years?
Impossible right?
Wrong.
Impeccably researched with a great attention to detail Entombed flows and evolves along its historically accurate linear timeline in a way that just when you think ‘this has to be the end’, it just keeps giving.
The plight of Captain Hans von Roth and his men, their ingenuity, their spirit, their will to survive, their despair and desperation is told in parallel to that of Hans’ wife, Erika, herself desperately trying to survive in the bombed-out ruins of Berlin during the last years of the war, but never giving up hope that one day she will find Hans or learn of his fate.
Not all German soldiers and civilians were Nazis and idolised Hitler, and I loved how this theme is also explored through the characters and their situations. As too are the themes of enduring love and having hope when all hope appears lost.
The story and characters really resonate from the page and you ride the whole emotional and physical roller-coaster with them. Though set in wartime, this is not a war book as such. It is a story of the indomitable human spirit that is told in such a vividly engaging and engrossing way, that it lives with you afterwards.
It was amazing.
Warren Meneely
(Reproduced with permission)
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What is astonishing about Entombed by Tony Matthews is that this absolute page-turner is based on a true story.
How could six German soldiers be buried alive underground for six years?
Impossible right?
Wrong.
Impeccably researched with a great attention to detail Entombed flows and evolves along its historically accurate linear timeline in a way that just when you think ‘this has to be the end’, it just keeps giving.
The plight of Captain Hans von Roth and his men, their ingenuity, their spirit, their will to survive, their despair and desperation is told in parallel to that of Hans’ wife, Erika, herself desperately trying to survive in the bombed-out ruins of Berlin during the last years of the war, but never giving up hope that one day she will find Hans or learn of his fate.
Not all German soldiers and civilians were Nazis and idolised Hitler, and I loved how this theme is also explored through the characters and their situations. As too are the themes of enduring love and having hope when all hope appears lost.
The story and characters really resonate from the page and you ride the whole emotional and physical roller-coaster with them. Though set in wartime, this is not a war book as such. It is a story of the indomitable human spirit that is told in such a vividly engaging and engrossing way, that it lives with you afterwards.
It was amazing.
Warren Meneely
(Reproduced with permission)
This book may be purchased with FREE POSTAGE DELIVERY WORLDWIDE through The Book Depository:
https://www.bookdepository.com/Entombed-Tony-Matthews/9781922488572?ref=grid-view&qid=1640211983460&sr=1-6
*****
I have just finished reading Entombed. I found it to be a fascinating premise for a novel based on a true story. I enjoyed the book very much. It kept me reading because I wanted to know what happened to the men. You are very skillful at building the suspense at each step along the way in their battle underground. It is extremely well written and researched. ... I appreciate your take on the story and your creative interpretation of what might have taken place underground. To my way of thinking, what you have written would seem to be quite realistic I found it to be a fascinating premise for a novel based on a true story. I enjoyed the book very much. It kept me reading because I wanted to know what happened under extreme pressure. I again congratulate you on your riveting book.
Martin Ryan.
(Reproduced with permission).
Martin Ryan.
(Reproduced with permission).