Our story begins during the German Occupation, in the villages of Epirus where, as is the case across the whole country, life is too difficult. Hunger, resistance, retaliation, destruction… The long desired liberation came into being but also a fratricidal Civil War that cost thousands of lives. The communist rebels take children from Greece and lead them to the neighbouring democratic countries... Fourteen year old Stelios, with ten year old Marianthi and hundreds of other children, find themselves in a dreadful camp, in Albania. Marianthi, in order not to be separated from Stelios, dusguised as a deaf boy. A fascinating novel that livens up the facts with knowledge and sensitivity, drags the souls and seasons, while the action and adventures are visible in each page.
