Journeys of Socrates

This prequel to the bestseller, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, isa “spiritual journey [and a] creditable survival—adventure-coming-of-age story (Booklist).

In the heart of nineteenth century Tsarist Russia, an orphaned boy born of both Jewish and Cossack blood desperately seeks to find a place in a dangerous world. Sergei Ivanov’s (Socrates’) journey from a military academy to America is a spellb...