Witch Hammer: A Latvian Tale of Blood and Treasure

The darkest day of the year, winter solstice. The darkest year of the era, 1940 Latvia. Still, seventeen-year-old Kārlis Pērkons and friends, the Nonchalants, vow to resist the Russian occupation. Oaths are tested when Peters Kalnins is interrogated at the Corner House, Eriks Gailis flees to the forest, and Kārlis is conscripted to the Red Army. Tensions hit home, where Kārlis shares his room with uprooted Hugo Krumins, who repays him by stealing Kārlis's girl. Boys take a stand, trading dr...