Viktor Suvorov’s high-stakes historical novel “Choice” completes the trilogy about Stalin’s preparation of the new world war in 1936–1940 and the struggle for power within the leadership of the USSR, which includes the novella “Snake-eater” and the novel “Control.” Readers will witness the climactic events in the lives of the trilogy’s main heroes—Anastasia Streletska (Firebird) and Aleksandr Holovanov (Dragon). Fate puts them through harsh trials and sets them against a difficult choice that will determine not only their lives, but also the future of the country and the world.
The author carefully recreates the events and atmosphere of 1939, when Stalin, having seized power in the country and fully subordinated the party and economic apparatus, the army, and the special services, rushes toward world domination and begins preparing for a world revolution and a new world war in order to conquer Europe under the cover of communist ideology. The prototypes of the novel’s main heroes were real historical figures who worked side by side with Stalin, supported him in his fight for power, and organized secret operations in Europe on the eve of World War II.