Stein J. Rubach

Today, I’m going to do something that may shock and surprise you.
I’m going to write about something almost never mentioned in history books — the American concentration camps in the Philippines.

I’ll try to do it by sharing short excerpts from my own novel. You might think I’m indulging in historical suffering, but that isn’t my intention. On the contrary, I hope you’ll see that it’s really about love, respect, and the struggle to do what is good in a world where reality rarely aligns with our...

“This is the most ridiculous game I’ve ever played,” Harold shouted, snow melting down his cheeks.

“And besides, the Boers aren’t guerrilla fighters anymore! We wiped them out!”
Hermann shot him an irritated look. “Nonsense. The Boers always beat the English.”

Harold snorted. “Shows how little you know. We changed tactics! Every time a Boer attacked something belonging to England, the punishment was to burn every farm for miles around. All the men were deported for life, sent off to hard labour,...

The historical fiction series The Wolves We Feed began when I stumbled upon a forty‑five‑year‑old documentary based on interviews about two German brothers.

One grew up to become a co‑founder of Nazism.

The other would risk everything to oppose what his brother stood for.

With a death sentence hanging over him if he were ever caught, the youngest worked in the shadows to save innocent people from concentration camps and prisons.

This cost him everything — his career, his home, and his safety. At...