Arkady renko has returned to moscow from his exile in the darkest reaches of the soviet union. He is reinstated as an investigator in the moscow militsiya, only to find the home he once knew so well is crumbling under a new world order - the russian mafia. After the brutal murder of a black-market banker, renko finds himself wrapped in the rich, ruthless and highly powerful underworld of the new elite. The case will take renko on an international journey that will lead him to someone he thought was lost to him forever - defector irina asanova.
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Back from exile, Arkady Reko returns to find that his country, his Moscow, even his job, are nearly dead. Not so his enemies. Hounded by the Russian mafia, chased by ruthless minions of the newly rich and powerful, and tempted by his great love, Arkady can only hope for escape. Fate, however, has other ideas....
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date1600
- ISBN 10 1471131106
- ISBN 13 9781471131103
- BindingPaperback
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