In 1944, German paratrooper Clemens Forell was captured by the Soviets and sentenced to twenty-five years of labor in a Siberian lead mine. In the Gulags, this was virtually a death sentence. Driven to desperation by the brutality of the prison camp, he staged a daring escape. For the next three years, Forell traveled 8,000 miles in barren, frozen wilderness, haunted by blizzards, wolves, criminals, the KGB, and the fear of recapture and retribution. Only a remarkable will to survive, and a bit of luck, allowed him to reach the safety of the Persian border. The resulting story is a rare document of the horrors faced by POWs in the Soviet Union, and a testament to the human spirit.
- ISBN10 1602392366
- ISBN13 9781602392366
- Publish Date 5 June 2008 (first published 24 July 2003)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Sterling Juvenile
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 288
- Language English