After the bombs fall, the Imperial Japanese Army seized the Chinese capital of Nanjing. Now, screams echo off the rubble as two abandoned Chinese soldiers--strapped and desperately outnumbered inside the walled city--try to escape. What they'll encounter will haunt them. But in the face of horror, they'll learn that resistance and bravery cannot be destroyed.

* Ethan Young won a 2007 Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Graphic Novel for Tails.

* For fans of Maus, Persepolis, and Boxers & Saints.