

Her friends thought it was strange: their parents did not do that. Carla cringed when they kissed in front of other people. Mostly they were affectionate-too much so.

She almost turned and walked back out again.

The second she walked into the kitchen she felt the hostility, like the bone-deep cold of the wind that blew through the streets of Berlin before a February snowstorm. 18 and Follett will be on "CBS This Morning" to discuss the new book.Ĭarla knew her parents were about to have a row. "Winter of the World" will be released on Sept. The following is an excerpt from Ken Follett's "Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy," the second novel to his "Fall of Giants" in the "The Century Trilogy." "Winter of the World" follows five families from around the world from the beginning of the rise of the Third Reich in Germany, through World War II, up to the development of the American and Soviet atomic bombs.
