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The war did not knock.
It tore the door open and stole everything inside.
Anselm, Ivaan, and Hedwig once believed the world was safe.
But when war reaches their doorstep, their childhood is ripped away, replaced by fear, loss, and choices no one their age should ever have to make. As soldiers march through their lives, friendship becomes their only shelter, yet even that is tested by cruelty and tragedy.
Through blood soaked snow and shattered memories, they struggle to hold onto one another in a world determined to tear them apart. This novel is a heartbreaking tale of friendship, survival, and the painful cost of growing up in a world ruled by war.
This is a story of friendship that breaks yet refuses to disappear, of innocence lost too soon, and of memories that ache long after the war has moved on. A devastating journey through grief, fear, and quiet courage where not everyone is saved, and some goodbyes are never spoken.
Some wounds do not bleed.
They stay. Forever.