God's Perfect Scar

About the Book

History comes alive in God’s Perfect Scar.  A survivor of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising finds himself in Auschwitz, working with a woman prisoner to plan and implement a harrowing mass escape.  A former Polish lancer turned airborne trooper turned English instructor at the University of Warsaw finds himself targeted by the Kremlin-controlled secret police.  Two brothers find themselves conscripted by a pair of ambitious rulers, each itching to fire the first shot in a war that will ensnare soldiers and nurses from America, Britain, New Zealand and Korea.  An American priest, a former World War II chaplain, finds himself playing street soccer in Rome and plotting a rescue in Warsaw.  Bullets and shrapnel leave lasting scars – as do polio, treachery and guilt. 

Painstakingly researched, God’s Perfect Scar is the story of ordinary people swept up in extraordinary, history-changing upheavals, contending with unrelenting stresses and making life-altering choices.  During his research, Johnson learned about Aline Gartner, lost in the mists of time and history.  In the pages of God’s Perfect Scar, he “brings back to life” this remarkably courageous woman.

From Auschwitz to Cracow to Warsaw, London, Moscow, Beijing, Kaesong, Seoul and small town America, God’s Perfect Scar takes readers on a journey that provides a different and broader perspective on major happenings that have been shaping history for the last 60 years. 

As with Johnson’s earlier works, Warrior Priest and Fate of the Warriors, the pacing in God’s Perfect Scar is brisk, the tension palpable and the outcomes unpredictable.

About the Author

Mike Johnson is the author of Warrior Priest and Fate of the Warriors, meticulously researched historical novels.  His books are peopled by Polish lancers, United States and New Zealand Army nurses, an airborne chaplain, a Korean farm couple, young women Resistance fighters in France and Poland, a United States vice president, a spy ship captain, a deck fireman on the legendary USS Hornet and others who provide perspectives on World War II, the Korean War and other major 20^th Century happenings that are different and broader than those of most Americans.  From the 1960s onward, first as a soldier, Johnson combined strong interests in military history with extensive travel.  He journeyed often to the Korean DMZ; visited Nazi death camps, the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and the University of Warsaw; and walked the streets of towns and villages once occupied by the Wehrmacht.  He worked for three global companies and is an alumnus of Ohio University, Marshall Law at Cleveland State University and Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.  He is married to Lynne, and they have three adult children, Andrea, Zach and Ben.  You can learn more about Johnson and his books at www.mikejohnsonbooks.com.  You can email him at bleedgreen67@msn.com.