The Maltese Cross

24 hrs. 38 min.

Language Russian

Author Vasiliy Zvyagintsev

Narrator Yury Lazarev

The fates of two realities — our own, with all the contortions of Russian democracy, and an alternative one where Russia is a mighty Empire capable of adequately responding to the challenges of the Asian-African "Black International" — unexpectedly turn out to be intertwined far more closely than Shulgin, Novikov, Levashov, and their comrades in the "Andreevsky Brotherhood" had supposed.
The actions of the anti-corruption "Black Mark" in the first reality, which forced the country's president to pay close attention to the proposals of this mysterious organization, and the showdowns in Odessa in the second, which attracted the Emperor's attention, resemble each other not only in their ultimate goals but also… in the composition of their participants — participants whose appearance on the "theater of possible operations" could not have been imagined. Yet sometimes the impossible becomes possible, bringing with it changes yet to come…

1. The Gambit of the Diamond Queen (narrated by Akhn) 1. Odysseus Leaves Ithaca (narrated by Yury Grigoryev) 2. Bulldogs Under the Carpet (narrated by Andrey Kravets) 2. Odysseus Leaves Ithaca (narrated by Akhn) 3. Reconnaissance in Force (narrated by Akhn) 4. The Whirlwinds of Valhalla (narrated by Helga Imir) 5. The Andreyev Brotherhood (narrated by Konstantin Petrov) 6. Local Skirmishes (narrated by Maxim Ladin) 7. Game Time (narrated by Helga Imir) 8. A Hole for a Medal (narrated by Ivan Bukchin) 9. A Ticket on Charon's Boat (narrated by Alexander Ruzheynikov) 10. The Burden of the Living (narrated by Masha Yakimova) 11. Beyond the Front (narrated by Evgeny Bochkarev) 12. The Sound of One Hand Clapping (narrated by Lira) 13. Scorpion in Amber. Vol. 1. Invariant (narrated by Evgeny Alexandrov) 13. Scorpion in Amber, Vol. 2: Cryptocrats (narrated by Evgeny Bochkarev) 14. Catch the Hoofbeat: Vol. 1 — There Is No Exit, Only Ways Out (narrated by Philipp Voloshin) 14. Catch the Horse's Hoofbeats. Vol. 2. Treasure Hunters (narrated by Roman Gorbunov) 15. Almost Midnight 1: Africa of Dreams and Reality (narrated by Elizaveta Krupina) 15. Almost Midnight. Vol. 1. Africa of Dreams and Reality (narrated by Alexey Grishchenko) 15.5. Soon Midnight 2. In Defiance of All Deaths (narrated by Elizaveta Krupina) 16. The Maltese Cross 18. Great Battalions. Volume 1. A Quarrel Among Slavs (narrated by Andrey Tolstov) 18. Fear No Friends. Vol. 2. The Third Joker (narrated by Roman Gorbunov) 18.5. Large Battalions. Vol. 2. From Finland's Icy Rocks… (narrated by Krovopusk SLana) 19. The Dawn of Our Greatness. Vol. 1. We Are Alien to False Shame! (narrated by Roman Gorbunov) 19.5. The Dawn of Our Greatness. Volume 2. Let the Consuls Be Vigilant (narrated by Roman Gorbunov) 20. Phase Transition. Vol. 1: Debut (narrated by Ekaterina Sizykh) 20.5. Phase Transition. Vol. 2: Middlegame (narrated by Ekaterina Sizykh)