Der Söldner

1635: The Thirty Years' War is raging in Europe. In a time full of upheaval and conflict, many people are trying to find their way and all hopes are pinned on the newly crowned Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III. However, after France joins the war on the side of the Protestants, victory seems hopeless and the greatest enemies of the mercenary Peter Hagendorf and his wife are not the enemy soldiers, but hunger, cold and the plague. Meanwhile, the imperial scribe Anton and his wife search for the Turkish gold in the catacombs of Vienna, and in Wittstock the thief Helena is wanted for the murder of a rich merchant. When a battle breaks out outside the city gates, she and her mute, strong brother seize the opportunity to escape. They join a group of minstrels and soon realise that there are much worse dangers besides mercenaries and robbers.devastation, famine, poverty and plague cost the lives of around six million people between 1618 and 1648. The "Stories of the Thirty Years' War" series of novels convinces with historical facts and a suspenseful development.