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In the Korean War, Yefgenii Yeremin shoots down more American jets than any other pilot in history. He becomes the legendary ace dubbed ‘Ivan the Terrible’. This is the story of how a single act can not only define the meaning of a man’s life, but also that of a nation and a species.

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Publish Date: 07/02/2008

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A truly stunning novel of one man’s dangerous obsession with immortality, from the BAFTA award-winning creator of Bodyguard and Line of Duty and co-creator of the graphic novel Sleeper.

ONE OF THE GUARDIAN‘S ‘1000 NOVELS EVERYONE MUST READ’

‘A completely gripping, read-at-once novel’ The Times

Yefgenii Yeremin is a flyer and a phantom.

Destined to go down in Soviet history books as ‘Ivan the Terrible’, the most deadly fighter pilot of the Korean War, one moment of madness sees Yefgenii throwing his reputation to the wind. Exiled to a remote Arctic base, his name unknown and victories uncelebrated, he must endure a fate worse than death: anonymity.

But when a man arrives from Moscow’s Space Committee in search of a volunteer prepared to sacrifice himself for his country, Yefgenii seizes his one last chance of immortality.

Additional information

Weight 191 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 17 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

263

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K