From the author of  Escape from Chernobyl  comes another fast-paced historical thriller about a city caught between an enemy army and their own brutal government.

Artem lives in the sleepy city of Stalingrad, which has mostly been cut off from war with Nazi Germany – until the summer of 1942. That July, martial law is declared as the Nazis begin their unprecedented march toward the city. Artem’s older brother is a soldier in Stalin’s Red Army, so Artem is worried for his brother’s safety once he and his family have evacuated the city.

• From Andy Marino, author of The Plot to Kill Hitler series
• A fast-paced historical thriller abouh a city caught between an enemy army and their own brutal government
• For readers aged 8+

From Andy Marino, author of The Plot to Kill Hitler series, comes another fast-paced historical thriller chronicling one family’s desperate bid to escape the deadly Chernobyl disaster.

26 April 1986

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Alina & Lev are two siblings living in Pripyat, one of the Soviet Union’s proud nuclear cities. Both are asleep in their beds.

Their cousin, Yuri, is a custodian at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, where he’s fiercely attacking a spill in the hallway with a mop.

Alina’s best friend, Sofiya, sleeps just a few doors down. Her father is an engineer at the plant, a fact that has always filled her with pride.

In five minutes, Reactor No. 4 will explode in a ball of fire. It will expel radiation across their town for nine days before it’s finally contained. For the people of Pripyat, it will be far too late.

Two young siblings flee the Chernobyl disaster with their parents, but the Communist party is on their heels. Meanwhile, the friends and family they were forced to leave behind must contend with a disinformation campaign that’s determined to pretend nothing is wrong-even as deadly radiation spills into the air.

From the author of The Plot to Kill Hitler trilogy and Escape from Chernobyl comes another fast-paced, high-interest historical thriller, chronicling two daring attempts to cross the Berlin Wall, set decades apart.

December, 1961  

Marta is a young girl who saw thirty miles of barbed wire appear across her city overnight, separating Berlin into West and East – with Marta’s home on the Communist Bloc-controlled eastern side.

• From Andy Marino, author of the Plot to Kill Hitler trilogy
• A riveting historical thriller
• For readers aged 8+