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Bequest

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14th October 2010

Price: £9.99

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9780755357833

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‘Legendary Cossack gold, Russian agents, Ukrainian suppression and a strange bequest are the ingredients for this tasty debut’ Independent

History can be a powerful and ruthless enemy. In Moscow, ambitious Lieutenant Taras Petrenko stumbles across file N1247, a case opened by the Russian secret police more than two centuries ago. Three crucial documents are missing which, if found, could change the lives of millions. One country would come crashing down. A second country would never forgive the discovery, and a third would never forget. Taras is determined not let this happen — but others believe it should. Kate, a young solicitor in London, is thrust into the mystery of an eighteenth-century bequest when she meets a secretive Ukrainian. He has three documents he claims would alter the balance of power in Europe. As a treacherous race to uncover the truth becomes a harrowing journey into the shadowy side of power, what price will be paid?

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Anne McElvoy
Praise for A. K. Shevchenko: 'An intelligent read, as well as a chilling one... Shevchenko understands how to weave old myths into a modern thriller
Independent
Legendary Cossack gold, Russian agents, Ukrainian suppression and a strange bequest are the ingredients for this tasty debut
Daily Telegraph
[An] arresting thriller
Robert McKee ‘The Story Guru of Gurus’
Anna projects her stories into the reader's imagination with high suspense and rare vividity
Kateryna Khinkulova, Ukranian Dialogue
The Game is not a loosely shaken set of dice, but a steady narration landmarked with humanising insights as the author gently manoeuvres the characters towards a heart-felt peace.