Über die Mauer nach Afrika

We jump back to the year 1987. A sentence that changes his life. Lukas Schlossnickel flees in a night-and-fog operation from the German Democratic Republic. There is no time to catch his breath, as events unfold rapidly. He receives an offer for a fresh start in Africa. It seems like the ideal chance to shake off his tragic family history. Just as hastily as he agrees, he arrives on site. He quickly immerses himself in a completely new reality of life. The new home feels like paradise on earth. A water treatment plant could change the future of the entire place, Golden Bay. For a moment, Lukas believes he has shed the curse of the past. But he is mistaken... A multifaceted thriller about love, power, and gold. The author Patrick Karcher experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall as a child. With a sense of nostalgia, he looks back on the beautifully crafted wooden nutcracker figures and incense smokers that relatives from the East sent across the border for every Christmas celebration. He grew up in the Black Forest and has gained experience as a project manager in the implementation of international projects. His curiosity about foreign cultures first took him to the land of fire and ice – Iceland – and then as a development worker to Ghana near the equator. The starting point for his debut novel.