Vertrauen
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"....it does naught, but grow,
Feasting on my sorrow."
Hoffnung, Germany.
1950
Taylor Soiville, an accomplished businessman, travels to the beautiful city of Hoffnung, Germany, with his soon-to-be wife Anne Soiville, in order to check on his mill, which was reported to be on hiatus for no appropriate reason. After arriving at Hoffnung and finding no place to stay, the couple takes shelter at Gührich Manor, the mansion of the late Klaus Gührich, a renowned commander, who fought in the war. Little did he know, that the stay would cost him his fiancee, his sanity, and most probably,
His life.
Discover how "trust" plays a pivoting role in all stories : in trifling the human mind, playing with the human soul, and most of all, destroying the human conscience.
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