Vienna Prelude Author:Bodie Thoene Predating the events of The Zion Chronicles Series, Vienna Prelude opens in pre-World War II Austria. Elisa Lindheim, a vilonist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, is of Jewish heritage but has adopted an Aryan stage name. Thus she is able to travel and play in Germany even though a 1935 law forbade Jewish musicians to do so. Her dear friend... more » Leah, a cellist and her husband Shimon must escape Austria or perish in the coming Holocaust.« less