South Russia, 1914. The world is at war, and revolution threatens. Against this backdrop of fear and danger, three young people search for hope and love. Katarina Hildebrandt s tranquil life on her family's Crimean estate is about to change. Tutor Johann Sudermann has found true faith, but it will turn his life upside-down. Meanwhile, his friend Paul Gregorovich Tekanin, working for the revolution in St. Petersburg, finds it will demand his soul as well as his wit and strength. Will they find the faith to weather the coming storm.

As their world is torn apart by the Russian Revolution, Katarina Hildebrandt and Johann Sudermann strive to maintain their faith in God. Paul Gregorovich Tekanin has chosen what he thought to be the path to Utopia, but is instead finding it to be a way of darkness. History unfolds as these young people look desperately for a source of safety. 400 pages.

Red skies of battle rage through the Mennonite colonies as Red and White factions continue to requisition, recruit and advance their positions. Ongoing strife and accompanying drought result in severe famine and disease, and the worst enemy of all—fear. Johann Suderman works with Benjamin Janz to secure permission for Mennonite emigration, but they are faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles at every turn. Meanwhile, Katarina attempts to sustain her family and friends amid chaos and uncertainty, and Paul Gregorovich Tekanin tries to survive in anonymity. The Mennonites of South Russia face a fierce struggle for faith and survival as their dreams are dashed one by one, yet they cling to the hope that God will yet intervene and speak to them as he did to Job, out of the storm.