Gods of the Steppe

It is the summer of 1945.

The Allies have triumphed in Europe and Hitler has vanished.

But with Japanese forces gathering just across the border in occupied China, brutal warfare on Russian soil remains a real and constant threat to Soviet life.

For Petka, a rambunctious 12-year-old boy with dreams too big for his tiny village of Razgulyaevka, the prospect of invasion is dangerously thrilling.