The Deluge
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
1,948 pages~32 hrs
“When an empire falls, a legend must rise from the ashes of betrayal.”
As a relentless Swedish tide threatens to wipe Poland from the map, a disgraced soldier must choose between his selfish desires and the survival of his homeland. This sweeping epic of 17th-century warfare combines pulse-pounding action with a powerful story of redemption and national defiance.
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