


Hannibal's uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him. He will not speak of what happened to him and his family. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front of World War II, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. Hannibal's uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his wife, Lady Murasaki.

Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. Description for Hannibal Rising Paperback.
