Based on the original publication One Life on Two Continents, by Dr. Yurii Ezepchuk, this book-translated from Russian to English by Lance Alred-tells Dr. Ezepchuk's story. Half-Polish and half-Russian, he grew up in a small Siberian town during Stalin's reign. When World War II reached the Soviet Union, average Russian citizens had to protect themselves from not only the Nazis but also their own police, who were killing millions to create the world's first socialist state.

Dr. Ezepchuk managed to survive that dark period and graduated from the most prestigious university in...