Fire in the Steppe
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Close to the heels of the magnificent "Fire and Sword" and "The Flood" comes this neutral tale of love, war, heroism, betrayal and betrayal, in which the great classic trilogy of the most popular writer of 19th century Poland comes to an end. "Fire in the Steppe" is the last book of Sienkiewicz's literary masterpiece, and today it captures and enjoys it as strongly as when it was first published. It is an epic love and adventure story set in the wilderness of Poland's eastern border regions in the 17th century, and it is also the most realistic of Sienkiewicz's novels. The most memorable heroes of the trilogy, Pan Zagloba and Pan Volodinsky, are accompanied by the unforgettable Basia, whose own adventures steal with strength, courage and determination against the bloody background of raids, border battles, the invasion of the terrible armies of the Turkish Empire in 1672. Told by a master storyteller, "Fire in the Steppe" completes the stories of the heroes of fairy tales and the heroes of the Trilogy who lived, loved and died in these pages of Poland's most enduring epic.
