A novel based on real events

War tore them apart. Radio carried their voices through the night.

Bosnia, 1992. When families were separated by war, a voice crossed the dark through people willing to listen.

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The book

A war story told through listening.

A Voice Across The Night is not only a novel about the Bosnian War or about what amateur radio operators did from Spain. It is a human puzzle, almost a matryoshka: one central story containing many others, a set of voices woven together when communication becomes an act of resistance and hope.

Inside the book are families divided by war, messages carried through radio waves, memories that resurface and apparently anonymous lives that become essential. Each call opens another story; each voice adds depth to the whole.

Bosnia

Families divided by war, cities under siege and refugees waiting for a sign of life.

Amateur radio

Communications sustained with patience, improvisation and skill when ordinary channels fail.

Humanity

Ordinary people helping without expecting anything back, keeping bonds alive between two countries.

Video review

A reader's response, in her own voice.

Esmeralda Muñoz shares a video review of "La Voz en la Noche" and the human story behind the book.

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Why it matters

Because sometimes one voice can hold a whole world together.

It matters because it shows solidarity as something concrete: hours of listening, repeated calls, messages passed word by word and the will to keep a thread alive between people separated by war.

In that connection between Bosnia and Spain, amateur radio stops being a hobby and becomes a tool at the service of humanity. The story reminds us that, even in the midst of fear, a message arriving at the right time can return hope to a family.

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Author

Raul Claramunt

Computer scientist by profession, entrepreneur by necessity, event manager at heart… traveler whenever possible… I’ve been an amateur actor, a biker when I felt like it, a radio amateur by hearsay, and now a first-time writer.