1946, post-war Hamburg lies in ruins. British officer Lewis Morgan is appointed provisional governor of Hamburg and its environs. He has not seen his wife Rachel and son for several years, but the war is behind him and the family must be reunited. The governor is settled in one of the few surviving houses in Hamburg - in a luxurious and cozy mansion on the banks of the Elbe. But its current owners live in the house - a German architect and his daughter. How will recent mortal enemies, winners and losers, get along under one roof? And how will Rachel, who never recovered from the tragedy that happened during the war, react to this? Wouldn't the magnanimous decision not to expel the Germans from home turn out to be fatal for everyone? The pain from the losses experienced, fear and thirst for revenge, the need for love and mistrust are intertwined into such a dense tangle that only one more drama can unravel it. “Aftermath” is a story of love, betrayal and revenge set against the backdrop of ruins, shrouded in winter silence. This novel does what good novels should do: pose difficult questions and invite the reader to answer them for themselves. The book is quite justifiably compared to the novels of Erich Maria Remarque; it is just as poignant and unpredictable.