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Description edit
It's Moscow, 1936 and Stalin's Great Terror is beginning. In a deconsecrated Church, a young woman is found dead, her mutilated body displayed on the altar for all to see. Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev, finally beginning to enjoy the benefits of his success with the Criminal Investigation... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Alexei Dmitriyevich Korolev: Captain Korolev, of the Moscow Militia, is the protagonist of the story. Korolev fought in the First World War, and was meant to have been a talented football/soccer player.
- Gregorin: Add a description of this character.
- Kolya
- Semionov
- Larinin
- Jack Schwartz: Jack Schwartz is an American man in Moscow at the time, with an interest in buying art in the country.
- Popov
- Tesak
- Valentina Nikolaevna
- Mironov
- Volodya
- Dr. Chestnova
- Natasha
- Yasimov
- Walther
- Nancy Dolan
- Gueginov
- Shura
- Goldstein
- Krylov
- Morozov
- Andropov
- Yagoda
- Mary Smithson
- Voroshilov
- Stalin
- Isaac Emmanuilovich
- Mendeleyev
- Rodinov
- Sergei Timofeevich
- Luborov
- Tanya
- Yuri
- Marx
- Lena
- Paunichev
- Ivan Ivanovich
- Mikhail
- Mishka
Setting & Locations edit
The story is set within Soviet Russia during 1936, with occasional references to locations outside of Russia.
- Moscow
- Lubyanka
- Emka
- Spartak
- New York
- Komsomol
- Razin Street
- America
- Soviet Union: The famous Soviet Union, or USSR, is the core focus of the story, with Josef Stalin at its head during 1936.
- Petrovka Street
- Vanya
- Wall Paper
- Kazanskaya
- Tomsky
- Babel
- Presnaya
- Kremlin
- Berlin
- Prague
- Hercegovina
- Butyrka
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Alexei Dmitriyevich Korolev. (standard series)
Followed by The Darkening Field.
Authors & Contributors edit
- William Ryan (Author)
Awards edit
- Barry Award (2011: Best First Novel, nominee)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.92
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