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Abraham Shramin is a second-generation Russian-Jew whose family was among the few fortunate enough to escape the oppression of the Russian Empire in the early 19th century. The aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars left Central Europe in economic ruin, and waves of antisemitic laws ravaged Jewish communities in Russia. Under the Orthodox Church's influence, Judaism was branded the "Enemy of God," further isolating and oppressing those who practiced the faith.

As a young boy, Abraham was filled with ambition and romantic visions of America, a land of opportunity and promise. But, like many dreamers of his time, he found himself swept into the harbinger of despair—the Civil War. The war stripped away his hope, severed his connection to faith, and left him bereft of the comrades he called brothers. He saw countrymen slaughter each other, and by the time he emerged, he was no longer the boy with dreams but a man haunted by sleepless nights. His faith in Judaism had crumbled, his heritage felt like a distant echo, and he found himself untethered from any sense of purpose.

In an attempt to rebuild his life, Abraham served as a lawman in New York for two decades. But the uniform brought no peace, only a void filled with the persistent whispers of the horrors he had witnessed. Day by day, he drowned his unrest in the vices of Babylon, numbing the pain of a world that constantly reminded him he was an outsider. How could he feel alienated from a home he no longer belonged to when his own identity felt like a stranger?

Now, as age creeps upon him—his hair graying, his body aching, and his mind restless—Abraham sets his sights on the West. Stories of a land blooming with ambition and dreams rekindle a faint hope that he might yet find purpose. For the fear that haunts him most is drawing his last breath with his potential left unfulfilled. Abraham seeks to be more than his lineage, more than the scars he carries, and more than the past that weighs upon him.

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