I was a successful lawyer. Money, girls, parties! Life was good! At least that’s what I thought. But it was for nothing… Fate decided that I needed to do something worthy—and here it is! 1938… I’m a kid from a children’s home in a secret NKVD school. My fellow “comrades” hate me. There’s a shady Chekist hanging around. Ahead is illegal work. On the line is my future. If I survive, of course…
Author’s notes: ✔ No one in the USSR saves anyone, ✔ The book has nothing to do with any films, ✔ The hero is never a “progressor”—he doesn’t even know the word, ✔ The hero wants to go back home; he doesn’t need all of this for free, ✔ Historical figures exist—where would they be without them—but the authors provide no judgments; their role is small.