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- Location(s): Kola Peninsula, Russia
- Genre(s): Political, Thriller
- Era(s): 1980s
Kola Peninsula, 1987. High in the Soviet Arctic, a tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret . . . When research zoologist Dr Amelia Blackburn ventures north to investigate the ravages of the Chernobyl reactor meltdown, she stumbles on the...
- Location(s): Kyiv, St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
- Era(s): 20th Century
For fans of Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Umberto Eco Vodolazkin’s new novel Brisbane is “a sophisticated and frequently moving study in dissonance, dedicated to pointing out contrasts between art and life, beauty and decay, intention and outcome. And, yes, between Ukraine and...
- Location(s): Norway, Russia
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
In Norway’s frozen north, tension is escalating across the border with Russia. One false move could trigger a major political crisis, or even a war … When an F-16 N.A.T.O. plane goes down on Russian territory, the danger of...
- Location(s): Moscow, Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): 1990
Will Kate risk everything for love and a good cause? It’s Moscow, 1990. Gorbachev is initiating dramatic change in Russia. On a literary tour, London-based Kate Chisholm meets the young and passionate investigative journalist Valentin Kotov. Over the next...
Small Acts of Kindness, a tale of the first Russian Revolution
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1825 to 1828
St Petersburg, 1825. Imperial Russia still basks in the light of glorious victory over Napoleon, but rising resentment against autocracy, enslavement and injustice threatens the state. Vasily, a privileged, naïve young man returns from a tour of Europe destined...
The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands
- Location(s): China, Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Later 19th Century
Welcome aboard The Great Trans-Siberian Express. It is the end of the 19th Century and the world is awash with marvels. But there is nothing so marvellous as the Wastelands: a terrain of terrible miracles that lies between Beijing...
- Location(s): Europe, Moscow
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Filled with magic, stardust, and a shockingly dark heart, this is a stunning standalone fantasy perfect for fans of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Starless Sea and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. For centuries, Everlys have...
- Location(s): Auschwitz/Birkenau, Europe, Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2003 looking back
In January 2003, the Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an image of the Opéra Garnier; on the other, the names of their relatives who were killed in Auschwitz: Ephraïm, Emma, Noémie and Jacques....
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