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Black Sun
Based on a true story, the critically acclaimed Soviet thriller
Taschenbuch von Owen Matthews
Sprache: Englisch

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'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES

'A stunning debut thriller . . . utterly terrifying . . . absolutely riveting' DAILY MAIL

'Fascinating . . . fearsome' FREDERICK FORSYTH

'Enthralling' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Thrilling . . . compelling' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE

1961. Hidden deep within central Soviet Russia is a place that doesn't appear on any map: a city called Arzamas-16. Here dedicated scientists and technicians are building the most powerful nuclear device the world will ever see - three thousand times more powerful than Hiroshima.

But days before the bomb is to be tested, a young physicist is found dead. His body contains enough radioactive poison to kill thousands. The authorities believe it is suicide - they want the corpse disposed of, the incident filed and forgotten. But Moscow is alarmed by what's going on in this strange, isolated place.

And so KGB major Alexander Vasin is sent to Arzamas to investigate. What he finds there is unlike anything he's experienced before. His wits will be tested against some of the Soviet Union's most brilliant minds - eccentrics, patriots and dissidents who, because their work is considered to be of such vital importance, have been granted the freedom to think and act, live and love as they wish. For in Arzamas, nothing can be allowed to get in the way of the project. Not even murder . . .

Intricately researched, cunningly plotted and brilliantly told, Black Sun is a fast-paced and timely thriller set at the height - and in the heart - of Soviet power from the acclaimed author of An Impeccable Spy.

What readers are saying:
'Woven around real events, people and places, it's genuinely terrifying stuff' *****

'The twists and turns and intrigue kept me on tenterhooks' *****

'Brings alive one of the most fascinating periods of Soviet history' *****

'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES

'A stunning debut thriller . . . utterly terrifying . . . absolutely riveting' DAILY MAIL

'Fascinating . . . fearsome' FREDERICK FORSYTH

'Enthralling' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Thrilling . . . compelling' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE

1961. Hidden deep within central Soviet Russia is a place that doesn't appear on any map: a city called Arzamas-16. Here dedicated scientists and technicians are building the most powerful nuclear device the world will ever see - three thousand times more powerful than Hiroshima.

But days before the bomb is to be tested, a young physicist is found dead. His body contains enough radioactive poison to kill thousands. The authorities believe it is suicide - they want the corpse disposed of, the incident filed and forgotten. But Moscow is alarmed by what's going on in this strange, isolated place.

And so KGB major Alexander Vasin is sent to Arzamas to investigate. What he finds there is unlike anything he's experienced before. His wits will be tested against some of the Soviet Union's most brilliant minds - eccentrics, patriots and dissidents who, because their work is considered to be of such vital importance, have been granted the freedom to think and act, live and love as they wish. For in Arzamas, nothing can be allowed to get in the way of the project. Not even murder . . .

Intricately researched, cunningly plotted and brilliantly told, Black Sun is a fast-paced and timely thriller set at the height - and in the heart - of Soviet power from the acclaimed author of An Impeccable Spy.

What readers are saying:
'Woven around real events, people and places, it's genuinely terrifying stuff' *****

'The twists and turns and intrigue kept me on tenterhooks' *****

'Brings alive one of the most fascinating periods of Soviet history' *****

Über den Autor
Russian expert OWEN MATTHEWS is the author of two highly praised works of non-fiction, Stalin's Children and An Impeccable Spy,and two acclaimed historical thrillers, Black Sun and Red Traitor. As a war correspondent, he covered conflicts in Bosnia, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq and Ukraine, and for ten years he was was Newsweek's Moscow bureau chief. He divides his time between Rome and Moscow.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 416 S.
ISBN-13: 9780552176576
ISBN-10: 0552176575
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 746905
Ausstattung / Beilage: B-format paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Matthews, Owen
Hersteller: Transworld Publ. Ltd UK
Corgi Books
Maße: 198 x 128 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Owen Matthews
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.07.2020
Gewicht: 0,29 kg
Artikel-ID: 117351439
Über den Autor
Russian expert OWEN MATTHEWS is the author of two highly praised works of non-fiction, Stalin's Children and An Impeccable Spy,and two acclaimed historical thrillers, Black Sun and Red Traitor. As a war correspondent, he covered conflicts in Bosnia, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq and Ukraine, and for ten years he was was Newsweek's Moscow bureau chief. He divides his time between Rome and Moscow.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 416 S.
ISBN-13: 9780552176576
ISBN-10: 0552176575
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 746905
Ausstattung / Beilage: B-format paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Matthews, Owen
Hersteller: Transworld Publ. Ltd UK
Corgi Books
Maße: 198 x 128 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Owen Matthews
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.07.2020
Gewicht: 0,29 kg
Artikel-ID: 117351439
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