Where the Stars Shine

In Uganda in the 1990s, Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age. They are good people, of strong values, and excellent students. However, they end up being abducted and forced to join the fanatical Lord's Resistance Army.

In the legion of recruits, and drawing closer and closer to the powerful warlord Joseph Kony and his dark secrets, Anthony, in order to maintain his sanity and not be carried away by the violence and chaos, desperately clings to his childhood teachings, to his awareness of what it means to be a good person. Florence's education, in turn, is also the only help she has in her attempt to keep her dreams alive, even when dragged into the madness of war.

At the lowest point in their lives, certain that they will never return home, Anthony and Florence meet by chance, fall in love, and begin to dream of survival. They dedicate their lives to helping their companions, those children turned into soldiers, in the hope of returning them to their families. And they seek their own redemption, following the stars.

The story of Florence and Anthony is an epic drama of humanity, a tale of the affirmation of life, and an experience that readers will never forget.

Trained for war and for death. But educated for peace and for life.