Thirty-five years ago, the Romanian people ripped their country from the clutches of its tyrannical dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and took back their freedom!

Even as the Communist world emerged into freedom, President Nicolae Ceausescu stood firm and iron-fisted. Bathed in delusions of grandeur, he wholeheartedly believed his people adored him and Romania would remain the last bastion of Communism in Europe. As late as November 1989, he said triumphantly after being "reelected" to another five-year term, "Romania will change only when beech trees bear apples and reeds bear flowers." Little did he know that one month later, he would be forced from power. Little did he know too that he would soon be dead.

When Beech Trees Bear Apples is a novel of the 1989 Romanian Revolution. It tells the story of Reverend L