![]() ![]() Investigator Arkady Renko returns from exile on the Polar Star fleet to find the new Moscow a dramatic battlefield of warlords and entrepreneurs behind it, as still as a painted backdrop, eight million people standing in line. ![]() The Soviet upheavals have fueled the glowing talent of Smith (Gorky Park), America's preeminent writer of Russia-based thrillers. “A crackling suspense thriller.”-The Boston Globe Smith at his best.”-The Wall Street Journal Hounded by this terrifying new underworld, chased by the ruthless minions of the newly rich and powerful, and tempted by his great love, defector Irina Asanova, Arkady can only hope desperately for escape. But his enemies are very much alive, and foremost among them are the powerful black-market crime lords of the Russian mafia. should find as many friends as did Gorky Park.”-The Washington Post Book Worldīack from exile in the hellish reaches of the Soviet Union, homicide investigator Arkady Renko discovers that his country, his Moscow, even his job, are nearly dead. “Sharply, evocatively written and elaborately plotted. ![]()
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