Odysseus Leaves Ithaca

20 hrs. 56 min.

Language Russian

Author Vasiliy Zvyagintsev

Narrator Akhn

This book has entered the “golden fund” of Russian science fiction.

It is a classic of the “alternative history” genre.

It is the first large-scale attempt to replay the beginning of the Great Patriotic War by removing the 1941 catastrophe—“turning history’s switch,” rewriting the bloody draft of Soviet history from scratch. So, the “blitzkrieg” didn’t work. On June 22, 1941, the Red Army expected an attack, and German tank wedges got stuck in well-prepared defenses. Exhausting the Wehrmacht in prolonged defensive battles, Soviet troops withdrew in an organized manner to the old border, where they stopped the enemy…

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 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 (narrated by Yury Lazarev) 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)