Brothers Popovic Author:Steven Roberts This is an action adventure novel based on the true story of a family's struggle to find a better place to raise future generations. The coalmines of Croatia killed Josip Popovic and trapped his family in poverty, condeming his coalmining sons to a slow death underground. Above ground the rattling sabers of Hitler and Mussolini warned of the co... more »ming of yet another tyrannical conquest. The brothers and their mother decide to escape the country they love but can no longer survive. The assassination of Alexander, the king of Yugoslavia, in October 1934 signals the time for the family members to run for their lives. With the prospect of being caught and sent to a Croatian concentration camp or to sure death fighting on the frozen Russian front, the brothers find a temporary safe haven for their mother and walk, run and ride out of the country. In their haste to stowaway on ships bound for America, one of the pairs gets on the wrong ship and ends up bound for China. Facing life-threatening road blocks as varied as their paths to freedom the brothers experience brutality at sea, discrimination, death, and love along the way. The novel captures the passion, frustration and dreams of one family trying to find a better place and serves as a powerful reminder of the challenging paths and unwavering courage of our ancestors.« less