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FourmonthsintothesiegeofLeningrad,thecityisstarving.Seventeen-year-oldLevfearsforhislifewhenheisarrestedforlootingthebodyofadeadGermanparatrooper,whilehischarismaticcellmate,Kolya,ahandsomeyoungsoldierarrestedfordesertion,seemsbizarrelyunafraid.Dawnbrings,insteadofanexecutionsquad,animpossiblechallenge.LevandKolyacanfindadozeneggsforanNKVDcoloneltouseforhisdaughter'sweddingcake,andlive.Orfail,anddie.Inthedepthsofthecoldestwinterinhistory,throughacitycutofffromallsuppliesandsufferingappallingdeprivation,manandboyembarkonanabsurdhunt.Theirsearchwilltakethemthroughdesolate,lawlessLeningradandthedevastatedcountrysidesurroundingit,inthecaptivatingjourneyoftwomentryingtosurviveagainstdesperateodds.