A city ignited by hate.
He must maintain the order he knows--even as a new world order threatens to consume him..
With the raging instincts that guide him in the ring and on the streets, Jakub feels untouchable.
What\'s unimaginable to him is abandoning the city he feels destined to rule.
Jakub isn\'t blind to the changing tide.
As a specter of violence hangs over Poland like a black cloud, its marginalized and vilified Jewish population hopes for a promise of sanctuary in Palestine.
Fascism is escalating.
Hitler is rising.
Especially when it\'s a frightening time to be alive.
For a man battling to be King of the underworld, life is good.
He revels in luxury, spends lavishly, and indulges in all the pleasures that barbarity offers.
Murder and intimidation have their rewards.
Outside, he instills fear as he muscles through Warsaw as enforcer for a powerful crime lord.
In the boxing ring, Jakub Szapiro commands respect, revered as a hero by the Jewish community.
Poland is about to catch fire.
It\'s 1937.
The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland\'s literary phenomenon--his first to be translated into English.
A man in thrall to power.
A city ignited by hate
