From the Other Side of the Gun

<p>It is April 1941. Belgrade has been bombed leaving its government in shambles. In a small village in the newly independent state of Croatia its residents know that a war has started but nobody senses the tragedy that awaits Kornica especially a young peasant named Antun.</p><p> </p><p>It is not long before Antun is recruited by a new military formation the Ustashas where he soon becomes a favorite among the soldiers despite his explosive nature. As the fighting intensifies Antun joins his fellow soldiers on the battlefields propelled through time by a series of brutal atrocities that sadly affect his own family and reveal him to be both a hero and a man who recognizes the value of surviving a war in order to feed his family. Will Antun be able to rise above the gunfire and find the freedom he so desperately needs?</p><p> </p><p>In this historical novel based on true events a Bosnian-Croatian peasant’s life is forever changed as World War II begins and he is recruited to fight on the battlefields.</p>