It is 1945 in Heidenfeld, Germany, and Etta's sons are gone. At fifteen, Georg is away training at a school for the Hitler Youth. Max, nineteen and fearless, is about to come home from the Eastern front a changed man. And then there's Etta's husband, Josef, determined to do everything for his country - no matter the cost. Drawing inspiration from her father's time in the Hitler Youth, L. Annette Binder has crafted a spellbinding novel about the daring choices we make for country and for family.