The Russo-Turkish war is at a critical juncture, and
Erast Fandorin, broken-hearted and disillusioned has gone to the front in an
attempt to forget his sorrows. Captured by the Turks, he wins his freedom in a
game of backgammon, before finding himself the unlikely rescuer of Varvara
Suvorova – a ’progressive’ Russian woman trying to make her way to the Russian
headquarters to join her fiancé.
Fandorin’s efforts to steer clear of affairs of state
are thwarted when a traitor is discovered in the Russian camp. Within days,
Varvara’s fiancé has been accused of treason, a Turkish victory looms on the
horizon, and there are rumours that one of Lady Astair’s Azazel orphans may be
making his own bid for power.
Our reluctant gentleman sleuth will need to resurrect
all of his dormant powers of detection if he is to unmask the traitor, help the
Russians to victory and smooth the path of young love in the third sparkling
page-turner from Boris Akunin.
Alex
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