Publisher's Synopsis
Berlin, 1945. A city in ruins awaits its fate at the hands of a vengeful enemy. Leonid and Cheslav Barakovski, brothers and comrades in the Red Army, will advance in the battle to take the capital of Nazi Germany and end the war that has consumed Europe for five terrible years. It is Adolf Hitler's last great stronghold and his only remaining hope. Tanya Klarkova, a fellow Russian, waits on the other side of the battle line; a woman who has lived with the enemies of her people, and who dreads the arrival of her countrymen. The German boy Walter Schley faces an uncertain future; his young life may end before it has properly begun. The Scent of Lilacs is a story of suffering, despair, determination, and hope as the end draws near.
