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YAPrisoners of War series.Night, Inferno, East, and Nowhere provide backstories on how four protagonists ended up in (fictional) Nazi concentration camp KL Himmelweg in Poland; books one (Wire) and six (Heaven) explain how they plan and execute an escape. The continuous narrative is gripping and doesn't hold back from grisly details. The middle books' rich character development helps give the overall story its impact. Review covers the following Prisoners of War titles: The Path to Heaven, Rumors from the East, Screams in the Night, The Simmering Inferno, Through the Wire, and Train to Nowhere.