A shocking surprise about the fate of Sergei's unborn child and a ham-fisted meeting between Sergei and his rival strain credibility, but Millman's fluid storytelling makes this an easy read. But the extended training chapters suffer from clich s of character and narrative, and dampen the suspense. Millman's narration clips along, and he does a fine job with period flourishes. After a suicide attempt that leads to a kind of vengeance-oriented enlightenment, Sergei studies with a series of masters to perfect his warrior skills. Dmitri humiliated by his weakness, gets back at Sergei years later when he becomes part of a pogrom to hunt down Jews during a chance encounter, Dmitri wounds Sergei, who is part Jewish, and kills his pregnant wife, Anya. When Sergei saves the life of a brutal fellow student, Dmitri Zakolyev, during a difficult training exercise, he knows this act has actually made him an enemy. It's late 19th-century Russia, and young Sergei Ivanov has been drafted into training to become one of the czar's elite guards.
In this intriguing follow-up, Socrates takes center stage. He could never have imagined that from the moment of his birth he was destined to become the peaceful warrior who would change the lives of millions worldwide.In his landmark 1980 novel, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Millman blended fact and fiction to tell the story of a young man whose life is transformed by his encounter with a mysterious sage named Socrates. The Journeys Of Socrates Dan Millman 4.33 3,420 ratings198 reviews Want to read Kindle 13.99 Rate this book In nineteenth-century Tsarist Russia an orphaned child born of Jewish and Cossack blood grows up in a land of wealthy aristocrats, struggling peasants, and growing discontent. From the heights of love to the depths of despair, from the threat of a mortal enemy to the search for a child he has never met, Sergei Ivanov's odyssey unlocks hidden wisdom at the heart of life. A stirring story of tragedy and triumph emerges as Sergei encounters mentors and masters who reveal secrets about the arts of war and, ultimately, the path to peace. The adventure that unfolds is not about the revolutions of history, but about the revolution in one man's heart. Petersburg, Sergei journeys across a harsh land to seek his place in the world.
With nothing to cling to but a memory of his grandfather and the promise of a gift buried near St. When a sudden death forces Sergei to flee, he escapes into the wilderness. Sent to an elite military academy at the tender age of four, Sergei Ivanov (Socrates) comes of age training to protect a way of life he doesn't understand. In nineteenth-century Tsarist Russia an orphaned child born of Jewish and Cossack blood grows up in a land of wealthy aristocrats, struggling peasants, and growing discontent.
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