Feuer auf den Bergen

A young woman seeks freedom among smugglers, while a wild boy searches for a home. South Tyrol, at the Hinteren Seelenkogel: The mountains are mighty, and life here at the border between Italy and Austria is tough. Luce lives hidden in the woods with her father and brother. At night, the men risk their lives on old smuggling paths, but the world is changing quickly. Luce wishes for nothing more than to escape the confines of her life. Are there women who can help her? And then she meets the boy who is trying to survive in the forest.

Years later, a man ascends high into the mountains because a child is missing. No one knows the area up there better than he does. But he has little time to find the child.

Romina Casagrande tells an atmospheric and gripping story of people in search of home and freedom – and of the beauty and wisdom of the mountains and the forest.

“A captivating story: Between mountains and valleys, there are secrets until the very last page.”

Corriere del Trentino

“What elegant and evocative prose.”

La Stampa

“Gives a voice to forgotten women and tells us of their conquests.”

Unione Sarda.