Surviving an execution at a Nazi concentration camp, a teenage boy with a daring spirit of survival and undying love finds a tree stump in the forest just outside the camp. There—with the shovel that saved his life, and some help from a totally unexpected source—he begins his daring plan to tunnel his way to the barracks where his young lover remains. The twists and turns of this incredible saga of determination and freedom are haunting and thrilling from start to finish!