Blood soaked soil, Mario Bekes
Blood soaked soil, Mario Bekes
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Blood soaked soil
from early life in communist Yugoslavia to the first months of war

Author: Mario Bekes

Narrator: Mario Bekes, Nick Hill, Dave Stokes

Unabridged: 4 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: author2audio

Published: 11/24/2021


Synopsis

Imagine yourself in my shoes. Imagine being 18-years-old, and in just 24 hours the world you knew stopped existing.

Imagine being a teenager and learning all these skills that were designed for one purpose - to kill others.

Growing up in Communist Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia), Mario Bekes witnessed a lot of social unrest - before finding himself in the middle of the Croatian War of Independence.

Mario's world quickly turned upside down. One morning he woke to a knock at the door. His family and his girlfriend were gone. His neighbours were packing, fleeing the city. And the military were at his door, saying, "Report at the army barracks in one hour."

Minutes later, the city was being shelled - and Mario was off to fight in a war he'd never chosen.

Over the next few years he'd experience the horrors of war first hand - witnessing sheer destruction, death, suffering and broken hearts right in front of him.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario on June 28, 2023

This is an honest, boots on the ground, story of a man who was there, fighting. The book doesn’t delve too deeply into dates, locations and the history of the war. It’s a simple, brief, yet effective personal account. The little details in the book, such as Mario and his team running into an enemy t......more

Goodreads review by Cullen on October 21, 2023

There's no greater window into one's life than a memoir. And when a good friend of yours writes one, you of course want to read it. Blood-Soaked Soil is the Mario Bekes story. Imagine yourself being just 18 years and the world as you'd known it is turned upside down; never to return. You're at the beg......more