For the average person, pivotal events in history have little to no immediate effect on day-to-day existence. Declarations of war and peace take time to filter through a population, while declarations of “victory” are never accompanied by the jubilant sound of trumpets. End of Days touches on this self-evident truth. Although readers know the story opens on the final few days of the Second World War, the family at the center of this story is completely blind to what is to come. With its members scattered by wartime needs and realities, the family remains united by the will to survive and be reunited at some point again in peace. This tale of fortitude and survival is one readers are sure to find emotionally gripping and highly relatable.