Dreamchaser, is a detail account of true
events in Yakov’s life that I cannot imagine experiencing myself. It’s a must
read for folks to understand to be blessed and appreciate living in a country,
United States of America, that anything is possible to achieve your dreams! – M. Plamondon, Book Review
by Yakov Rozenberg
Dreamchaser relates stories that
occurred during two years in the Soviet military and two years in a Soviet
prison camp, the GULAG, as a political dissident. Written sometimes in
anecdotal form, they provide a window into both the author's life and experiences
in the Soviet Union and the feeling of horror for everyday existence there.
The book begins with the harshness of military life, from the
bizarre humor of painting living trees to suit a general's color preference to
the perils of detonating old mines and explosives left buried during the Second
World War, told in the voice of one young sergeant major. From the beginning,
it is clear that whenever possible, he followed his own path to chase his
dream.
The difficulties of burying a grandmother in a society with so
much red tape and prejudice that it seems surreal in its idiocy. The violence
and deception that permeated all aspects of the Soviet society also fill these
stories. The injustice and waste are illustrated throughout. The KGB is as
malevolent and pervasive as the worst Cold War movie ever depicted it. After
being sentenced to two years in the Russian GULAG, the author describes the
terror of surviving in a prison of about 2,500 criminal inmates. The
circumstances of several individual prisoners are described, and together they
shed an awful light on some of the darkest parts of life in the USSR. And yet
in the midst of the horror, there are also moments of humor and an unwavering
belief that someday there would be escape to freedom in the outside world.
Dreamchaser provides a new angle on life in
a Communist Bloc country, beyond the imagination or understanding of anyone
born in a free society. It ends with a train ride across the border that is
filled with heart-stopping moments, bringing the author out of the stone age
and into freedom to catch his dream-freedom and pursuit for happiness.
After reading Dreamchaser, you will start counting
blessings in your life.
Available
in eBook and Paperback HERE!
Book
Review: The Critiquing Chemist
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-64584-583-6
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