Dawn

Dawn, the second book in Elie Wiesel's masterful Night trilogy, which begins with the unforgettable memoir Night and concludes with the acclaimed novel Day (previously titled The Accident), is a haunting meditation on guilt, moral ambiguity, and the justification man makes for the act of murder. Elisha, a young Holocaust survivor now living as a terrorist in British-controlled Palestine, awaits dawn, when he has been ordered to kill a captive English officer. Caught between the manifold horrors of the past and the troubling dilemmas of the present, Elisha wrestles with guilt, ghosts, and ultimately God as he awaits the appointed hour for his act of assassination. A new preface by the author reflects on the enduring questions raised in Dawn and on the novel's place in this powerful trilogy.