These two would never have become friends under any circumstances. They meet when both are facing execution. In prison. In besieged Leningrad. In 1942. One is Lev, a thoughtful, not very brave, somewhat gloomy teenager, the son of a repressed poet. The other is Nikolai, a carefree conqueror of women’s hearts. And suddenly they are given an unexpected chance to survive…
A dynamic, hard-hitting, cinematic novel about besieged Leningrad written by Hollywood screenwriter David Benioff. It is a new look by a modern young man at his family’s past, at war—and, despite the unreal quality of what is happening, a very sincere story about true friendship and true love.