The internationally bestselling novel translated into 18 languages. ---"...an epic drama of the proportions of The Kite Runner..."-- The Huffington Post---A LIFE OF CONSTANT FEARBrilliant Ichmad Hamid lives on occupied land. His entire village fears losing their homes, jobs, belongings and, more importantly, each other.---THAT FEAR BECOMES REALITYOn Ichmad's twelfth birthday, it happens. Now he must try to use his intellect to save his family. In the process, can he reclaim a love for others that he lost through a childhood rife with violence, and discover a new hope for the future, or is it too late?