A novel taking place in the stark and tumultuous background of 19th century Russia. It is the account of one young man's descent into despair and his subsequent redemption by his own hand. Tormented by his own moral dilemmas, he commits a crime that spirals into a deep examination of guilt, punishment, and the struggle for forgiveness. It's a deeper penetration into the human psyche in terms of justice, conscience, and possibility of atonement.
