It's 1945 and the Nazi army is crumbling. Four teenagers are on the run from the advancing Soviet army. Tales of their brutality have preceded their arrival. Each teenager is from a different country but their lives have all been shattered by the war. Together, they travel across a frozen wasteland towards the only thing that gives them hope: a ship that is evacuating refugees away from the Soviets. They are frostbitten, starving and terrified. Not only that, they are each carrying with them a dark secret. As they near their destination, they come to realise that not everything is as it seems within their motley crew of survivors. This is by far one of my favourite books that I've read in a long time. Based on a nautical disaster that I had never heard of, it is chalk-full of brutal scenes that will make you angry, sad and unable to put the book down. It's a book about the absolute brutality of war and how it whittles people down to their very core. But it's also a book about how strongly people hold onto hope in the middle of Hell. I highly recommend this book to ages 13 and up!
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