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Leonid "Leo" Demidov, once a low‑ranking officer of the Soviet secret police, finds himself abruptly transported to a battlefield outside the Soviet Union. Caught between duty and doubt, he begins to question everything he believed about his homeland, his family history, and his own identity. As the struggle escalates, Demidov’s inner conflict mirrors the larger political turmoil of a country on the brink of change.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Tom Rob Smith
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