Robert Don has been changing careers from his professional background in senior risk management in corporate banking to becoming a writer. He recently conducted research in both the Auschwitz and Plaszow concentration camps where his mother was deported and deeply familiar with the Holocaust story he has told of his mother that confronts Intergenerational (Second Generation) holocaust survivor trauma. Having lived through this story, he finally wanted to tell the story and is well versed in the details of this time period. In the Midst of Darkness is his debut book.