The Reds lost the civil war, in Germany the communists came to power, and Hitler became famous as a modernist artist. Is the world really changed that much just by swapping the order of the factors? asks Dmitry Lekukh. His experiment in the genre of “alternative history” is a smart, precise, and sharp text—and, as always, his unmistakable style.
…Colonel Nikita Vorchakov is tasked with investigating the murder of a high-ranking military officer who was shot along with an entire platoon of guards. This is not just a bold crime—it’s a challenge to the security of the powerful Russian Empire and personally to its Great Leader—Valentin Petrovich Kataev.
The book made the longlist for the “National Bestseller” award.