The Batumi Connection

Crimea, 1919. The flames of the Civil War—Whites, Reds, Greens, Greek smugglers and Turkish spies, Georgian abrek fighters and Tatar militants… This is exactly where Boris Ordyntsev arrives, trying to find his missing sister, Varya. However, on the very first night in Feodosia, he witnesses a murder.

Counterintelligence tends to suspect Ordyntsev himself.

To prove his innocence, he has to start his own investigation. But for now his only lead is a card with the address of a questionable café called “Paris,” found under the bed of the murdered man…