"Another Stasi novel, but what a novel ..." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
1986, in a new housing estate in the north of the GDR: After 15-year-old Tom writes a protest notice on the wall of his school building, he meets Captain Lorenz from the State Security. Tom feels intoxicated. The all-powerful Stasi is interested in him of all people! However, he soon finds himself caught up in a maelstrom of fear and betrayal. His slogan comes from one of those postcards that have been sent out of the city for some time, and Captain Lorenz has to find out who is behind the sender: Is it really just a stove fitter called Manfred Heiliger?
Tom desperately wants to break away from the Stasi. But Captain Lorenz is obsessed with Heiliger ...
The abuse of children and young people by the Stasi as spies is one of the little-known chapters in the history of the GDR. At the age of 14, the Rostock musician and author Christian Ahnsehl was listed by the Stasi as a so-called "IM-Vorlauf" and at the age of 15 signed a declaration of commitment as an unofficial employee of the State Security. Nine months later, he managed to get out. He wrote about his experiences back then in his debut novel "Der Ofensetzer" (Grünberg-Verlag 2020).
