«A sixteen-year-old Arturs enlists to fight in WWI with dreams of becoming a hero, but after surviving the brutalities of trench warfare and the loss of his family, he wonders if his efforts in battle were futile and if hope is only to be found in rebuilding a family and a home as Latvia itself is born from the atrocities of war.»

Шестнадцатилетний Артурс вступает в ряды стрелков и вместе с друзьями сражается за свободу — даже тогда, когда никто не знает, на какой стороне её искать.