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Devastation Road by Hewitt, Jason is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Devastation Road about?
A man named Owen wakes up in a field in a country he does not know. Injured and confused, he pulls himself to his feet and starts to walk, thus beginning a remarkable journey in search of his home, his past and himself. He is told it is April 1945. A war he only has a vague memory of ever joining is now in its dying days, and as he tries to make his way home to England he becomes caught up in the flood of refugees pouring through Europe. Amongst them is a young Czech man, Janek, and a Polish concentration camp survivor, Irena. Together, they form an unlikely alliance as they make their way through battle-worn Germany where everyone has an agenda of their own. As tempers flare, scars are revealed and Owen slowly picks up the pieces of his life. No one is quite as he remembers, not even himself. Devastation Road is a novel about the aftermath of war, the plight of refugees, the importance of home, love and belonging, and the significance of memory, without which we...
Who reads Devastation Road?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Hewitt, Jason
- Publisher
- Scribner UK
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781471127441
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (95 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14