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Back from exile in the reaches of the Soviet Union, homicide detective Arkady Renko finds that his nation, his Moscow, actually his work, are almost lifeless. But his opponents are greatly alive, and foremost included in this are the effective black market crime lords of the Russian mafia. Hounded by this frightening new underworld, chased by the minions of the newly strong and wealthy, and lured by his wonderful love, defector Irina Asanova, Arkady can just only wish frantically for escape. But destiny has another thing in store.A NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK“Extraordinary.”–Time“Sharply, evocatively written and elaborately plotted.