Accomplice of the Century

The second book by Nikolai Svechin and Denis Nizhegorodtsev about time-transported people in Moscow in 1912… The signature Svechin style—descriptions of life in Moscow and of Muscovites—based on strong historical foundations. Captain of police Yuri Vladimirovich Burlak, on assignment from the FSB, is sent back to the past—again to 1912.

Incredible time jumps have already become almost routine for him: well, the past, old Moscow—what’s so special? Only this mission can be called fateful. The fact is that Yuri learns about a planned assassination attempt on Emperor Nicholas II. There is critically little time left to identify the terrorist and neutralize him.

And then Burlak is accused of arson of the house of a collegiate secretary Dvurechensky. An annoying coincidence? But from now on the past begins to develop completely differently from what history textbooks say…

As co-authors with 25 years of experience, we’re curious about the tandem of Svechin and Nizhegorodtsev. Interesting—who handled the Tsar, who handled the revolutionaries… In any case, we plan to follow Burlak’s adventures!

Anna and Sergey Litvinov—writers, masters of modern fast-paced prose. We were very eager for the second book in this series, and it didn’t disappoint! Because the first one—"The Bullet of Time"—is very cinematic too. The Svechin-Nizhegorodtsev duet features complex and ambiguous characters, lots of action, a tasty and for many unfamiliar arena of events, where the main hero from 2023 finds himself in 1912. You read it in one breath. And since the authors planted plenty of hooks for the continuation, all that remained was to wait for new and unexpected twists in the story of the policeman-time-traveler!

Dmitry Kotov, Director of the Higher School of Creative Industries at Plekhanov University, invited lecturer at the Institute of Cinema at NRU HSE.