Idealistic young officer Giovanni Drogo is full of determination to serve his country well. .
Written in 1938 as the world waited for war, and internationally acclaimed since its publication, The Tartar Steppe is a provocative and frightening tale of hope, longing and the terrible sorcery of dreams and desires.. .
As his length of service stretches from months into years, he continues to wait patiently for the enemy to advance across the desert, for one great and glorious battle .
But when he arrives at a bleak border station in the Tartar desert, where he is to take a short assignment at Fort Bastiani, he finds the castle manned by veteran soldiers who have grown old without seeing a trace of the enemy.
Idealistic young officer Giovanni Drogo is full of determination to serve his country well
