Dimensions
153 x 234 x 38mm
A multi-stranded, groundbreaking Russian thriller from the bestselling author of 'Messiah' and 'Storm'.
Moscow, December 1991; a city in chaos, riven by gang violence and hyperinflation, its population in fear of a killer preying on children. Into this anarchy comes Alice Liddell, an American banker charged with starting the privatisation process crucial to Russia's hopes of reform.
Her target is the Red October distillery, Russia's most famous vodka producer. Red October is the centrepiece of a savage mafia war between its charismatic boss, Lev, and his Chechen nemesis, Karkadann.
Are the brutal child killings terrorising Moscow connected to their violent conduct? How should Alice handle her discovery that Red October is riddled with corruption from top to bottom? And can Alice and Lev, adversaries across the negotiating table, reconcile their very different professional aims with their very unprofessional feelings for each other?
As the characters get sucked into a vortex of violence, passion and betrayal, their struggles are no longer simply for their own designs: they are for the soul of Russia itself.
