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Moscow, 1936, and Stalin's Great Terror is starting. In a deconsecrated church, a woman is available dead, her mutilated body exhibited on the altar for those to see. Captain Alexei Korolev, finally beginning to enjoy the benefits of his success with the Lawbreaker Investigation Department of the Moscow Militia, is asked to research. But when he discovers that the victim can be an American citizen, the NKVD-the most feared group in Russia-becomes engaged. Soon, Korolev's every step is under close scrutiny and one phony move will mean exile to The Zone, where foes of the Soviet Point out, both real and thought, meet their fate in the iced camps of the very good north. Focused on uncovering the reality behind the gruesome murder, Korolev enters the realm of the Thieves, rulers of Moscow's underworld. As more systems are learned and pressure from above builds, Korolev commences to question who he is able to trust and who, in a Russia where fear, uncertainty and food cravings prevail, will be the real criminals. Soon, Korolev will find not only his moral and politics ideals threatened, but also his life. William Ryan's remarkable debut will storm into ten countries in what's sure to be an international posting event. With Captain Alexei Korolev, William Ryan has given us one of the most convincing detectives in modern literature, a guy dogged and humble, a guy who'll lead us by having a fear-choked Russia to find the only thing that can save him or any of us - the reality. Includes a bonus offer interview with the author.
