Tale for the Lion

Carl's story of wartime drama is a fantastic tale but is not for the squeamish. WWII was a time when ordinary young men from across the globe descended into great evil, literally becoming monsters who walked the earth. The horrors of combat form the backdrop of his story, as he faces loneliness and stress just trying to survive. He feels that any attempt to clean up his story will make it a lie. In an unexpected twist, Carl is witnessed to by an elderly fisherman and has his come-to-Jesus moment.
Now a born-again Christian, he survives the Nazi surrender but is captured by the Russians and serves five years imprisonment in a Soviet prison camp. In another twist, he becomes an atomic age spy for the US and escapes to America.