This is the story of Jozef Vinich, a young Slovak shepherd who was born in America but returned as baby to his father's homeland in rural Austria-Hungary. Jozef's life as a shepherd is interrupted by World War I. He is trained as a sniper, a deadly talent that brings him face to face with the worst that war has to offer. Eventually he is forced to fight the war in the trenches along with the rest of the infantry. Bedraggled and disillusioned, he is taken prisoner and wants nothing more than

—Lynn Neary