Escape Across the Border

About the Book

Escape Across the Border is a story about a young couple's escape into Austria to find freedom from the tyrannical communistic government that took over Yugoslavia after World War II. It concerns their despair under a tyrannical regime, their desperate struggle to survive, their attempt to cross the border, and their struggle to find a better life in Canada.

In order to cross the border, they walked for three days with very little water and no food. They made a miraculous crossing of a very heavily patrolled bridge several miles from the border. When finally arriving at the border, they found themselves nearly surrounded by border guards. They had stumbled into a guard encampment and were barely able to hide in small brush. The border guards seemed to be everywhere and they were carrying sub-machine guns over their shoulders. Had Nadia and Rudy been discovered where they lay, they would have been shot and killed instantly.

This is a true story of Nadia's and Rudy life in Yugoslavia, their desperate and miraculous escape into Austria where they were interned in a refugee camp for fourteen months, and their final release to Canada where they continued their quest for a better life.

About the Author

Ray Archer and Nadia Royko wrote Escape Across the Border together, based on Nadia?s actual escape from Communist Yugoslavia. Now married, they returned often to Yugoslavia and Canada to obtain material for their writing. Mr. Archer has written two other books, based on fifty years of flying experience.