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Hearts of Amber chronicles one of the most extraordinary revolutionswithin the geopolitical order established after the Second World War?the Soviet invasion of Lithuania in 1991. Marcos and Alberto, twoyoung Spanish journalists, accept the challenge to go there and report on these historic events.



The story of theseyoung journalists allows us to witness through historical flashbacksthe horrors of the deportations to the Siberian Gulags, the genocideand the harsh conditions experienced in the prisons of the KGB, thestruggle of the partisans during the Soviet invasions of 1940 and1944, and the brief bloody Nazi intervention in 1941. Yet, despite itall, the desires for freedom that lie beneath the consciousness andwithin the genes of the sovereign people persist against the threat of a new invasion and the long shadow of latent resentment against theSoviet narrative. These desires are like oil oating in a glass ofwater and a powerful force that prevents the Lithuanian people fromlosing their ability to hope.



The dream offreedom, like amber, has fossilized over the course of many years inthe hearts of the Lithuanians and can never be diminished. In effectthe novel is a celebration of the right to life, to love and theyearning for freedom that emerge from its pages like a balm in theface of the chilling memories of the adversities and experiences ofthe past and the fear of yet another invasion.