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Holger Beck, the pied piper in the #historical novel IN SEARCH OF A REVOLUTION

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in search of a revolution - redoneMy last character portrait from In Search of A Revolution is that of Holger Beck, a young and charismatic teacher with communist leanings.

When he arrives at the school with his red scarf and goatee he has the entire class hang on his every word. Handsome, engaging and good with words he soon has a steady following amongst hqdefaulthis students.

He sets up clandestine meetings for his best students and teaches them about Communism and the hopes for a better world.

Zacharias is one of many that get caught in his sphere of influence but heโ€™s the only one who decides to follow the call of the pied piper and travel to Finland to fight for alexander_skarsgard_by_nazaretquintana-d5oertmthe cause.

I think we all have fallen for charlatans, manipulators and big speakers at some point in our lives, for people who were all talk but didnโ€™t do much themselves.

Beck in myโ€ฆ

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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