Book Description for "Broken Borders"

When eighteen-year-old Mikhail Sokolov wakes on his birthday to the sounds of war, he faces an impossible choice: report for military service as ordered, or flee across the border to protect the Ukrainian girl he has loved since childhood.

As Russian forces invade Ukraine, Mikhail chooses love over duty, crossing into enemy territory to find Oksana Shevchenko. Together, they witness the brutal reality of war firsthand when Russian soldiers attack Oksana's family farm. Forced to defend themselves with deadly consequences, they become fugitives hunted by both sides.

Their desperate journey westward across Ukraine becomes a harrowing test of survival. Through abandoned bunkers, military checkpoints, and war-torn villages, they navigate a landscape transformed by conflict. Each encounter forces them to confront impossible moral dilemmas as they cling to their humanity in a world rapidly losing its own.

As they inch closer to the Polish border and potential safety, the personal cost of their choices grows increasingly steep. Their love once as natural as breathing becomes an act of defiance against the very forces tearing their countries apart. But in a world where borders determine who is friend or enemy, their future together seems increasingly impossible.

"Broken Borders" is a searing psychological drama about how arbitrary lines on maps can dictate human connection, and how sometimes the greatest act of courage is to reject the hatred others expect you to embrace. This haunting tale of love amid impossible circumstances explores the devastating human cost of war and the fragile hope that even in our darkest moments, the borders that divide us can never fully separate what belongs together.