The Tsar Ordered You to Be Hanged

A Russian author has been living in a foreign country for nine years now, in an old house on the Lisbon waterfront. He is sure his life is like the Tagus River, flowing in a particular direction. However, one strange incident changes everything, and the ground disappears from under his feet like a tsunami, raising terrible waves. “The Tsar Ordered You to Be Hanged” is not just a novel about an innocent man accused of murder, or a young man selling off inherited property and keeping the ashes of his beloved woman in a hatbox. It is a story about love and enmity that continue to affect the hero for years, leading him through a labyrinth of tragic events, delusions, shame, and guilt—forcing him to return to the past, open his eyes, and confront his own Minotaur.