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Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A brand-new novel from New York Times bestselling author Robert Littell, A Plague on Both Your Houses is a thrilling tale of love and war. On Christmas Day, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev delivered a ten-minute televised speech announcing his resignation as Soviet president. Moments later, with little pomp and less circumstance, the red flag was lowered from its floodlit perch atop the Kremlin, and the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Into the vacuum-before...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After Gorbachev's 1991 resignation dissolved the Soviet Union, the Russian mafia stepped in, offering protection to new businesses. Moscow's Jewish mafia clashed with the Ossete vory v zakone in brutal battles for control. Amid this, Yulia (Jewish mafia boss's daughter) and Roman (Ossete mafia boss's son) struggle to maintain a forbidden love while escaping their fated roles in the violent underworld. The story unfolds against the backdrop of shifting...