Zjevení – Surmanová Kateřina (2026)

On the night when scouts witness a hearse in the Slavkovský les region, a prominent German businessman dies there under unclear circumstances. Why had he returned to his old homeland? Whom or what was he looking for? What secret was he protecting, what does the image of the white deer conceal, and where does the list of mysterious names lead? Tadeáš, the adult grandson, follows the trail of the dead family patriarch back through space and time, to a home and an era that have passed, and to the small border village of Prameny, through which the overwhelming forces of history swept—from the hell of Nazism through the post-war expulsion to Communist atrocities. The worst deeds of which human beings are capable stand alongside the greatest courage. The landscape remembers everything. It tells its story. It denounces. Tadeáš investigates old crimes while new ones threaten his life. This mysterious novel draws on real events from the twentieth century and historical wrongs committed on both sides of the Czech-German border, not only those connected with Prameny. Forgetting is difficult, but remembering is harder still.