Part 2: Chapter 10 - 12 The Highway, The Forest Brotherhood and The Rowan Tree Summary

Over the next year the Red Army continuously pushes the White Army back. Yuri has relative freedom as long as he does not try to escape the Red Army altogether. He attempts escape three times, fails, and decides that he had better not push his luck. During a battle, Yuri goes against Red Cross rules and takes up a rifle. He shoots a boy, thinks he is dead, but after the battle, Yuri discovers that the bullet had been stopped by a small metal box containing a protective prayer.

Yuri observes that the constant warfare has caused many people to develop mental illnesses. He talks with a soldier named Pamphil, who suffers from hallucinations in the form of ghostly visitations from...