Agony

8 hrs. 13 min.

Language Russian

Author Alexander Afanasyev

Narrator Alexander Chaitsyn

Why did I start writing this book? I don’t know. I just wanted to understand.

Once there was a country—the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Life wasn’t exactly good, but it wasn’t too bad either. People went to work, got paid twice a month, waited their turn for housing—longly, but still got it. For free. There was no shooting in the streets, no homeless people, and no juvenile delinquents. And overall, life was getting better and better—except for the last few years.

So what happened?

Lots of questions, few answers.

I decided to summarize everything I’d gathered and write a book called “Agony.” In it, I give my own, authorial version of the reasons for the USSR’s collapse. Let me clarify right away: this work is fiction, not documentary material, written in the genre of a political thriller.

I want to remind everyone: all the characters and events described in this novel are invented; any coincidences are accidental. The images and actions of the political figures and intelligence officers mentioned in the novel—whose names match real people—are also pure invention by the author.

1. Agony 2. Agony (Book 2) – Cold Winter (narrated by Alexander Chaitsyn) 3. Agony (Book 3): The Presumption of a Lie (narrated by Alexander Chaitsyn) 4. Agony (Book 4): Premonition of Trouble (narrated by Alexander Chaitsyn)