A relentless page-turner.
A terrifying evocation of a paranoid world where no one can be
trusted.
A surprising, unexpected story of love and family, of hope and
resilience.
CHILD 44 is a thriller unlike any you have ever read.
"There is no crime."
Stalin''s Soviet Union strives to be a paradise for its workers,
providing for all of their needs. One of its fundamental pillars is
that its citizens live free from the fear of ordinary crime and
criminals.
But in this society, millions do live in fear . . . of the State.
Death is a whisper away. The mere suspicion of ideological
disloyalty-owning a book from the decadent West, the wrong word at
the wrong time-sends millions of innocents into the Gulags or to
their executions. Defending the system from its citizens is the
MGB, the State Security Force. And no MGB officer is more
courageous, conscientious, or idealistic than Leo Demidov.
A war hero with a beautiful wife, Leo lives in relative luxury in
Moscow, even providing a decent apartment for his parents. His only
ambition has been to serve his country. For this greater good, he
has arrested and interrogated.
Then the impossible happens. A different kind of criminal-a
murderer-is on the loose, killing at will. At the same time, Leo
finds himself demoted and denounced by his enemies, his world
turned upside down, and every belief he''s ever held shattered. The
only way to save his life and the lives of his family is to uncover
this criminal. But in a society that is officially paradise, it''s a
crime against the State to suggest that a murderer-much less a
serial killer-is in their midst. Exiled from his home, with only
his wife, Raisa, remaining at his side, Leo must confront the vast
resources and reach of the MBG to find and stop a criminal that the
State won''t admit even exists.
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