The gripping new thriller from Graham Hurley, KYIV is set against
the backdrop of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's all-consuming
invasion of the Soviet Union. 'Historical fiction of a high order'
The Times 'Original and compelling... The fear enveloping Kyiv as
the Soviets flee radiates from every page' Financial Times On
Sunday 22nd June 1941 at 03.05, three-and-a-half million Axis
troops burst into the Soviet Union along a 1,800-mile front to
launch Operation Barbarossa. The southern thrust of the attack was
aimed at the Caucasus and the oil fields beyond. Kyiv was the
biggest city to stand in their way. Within six weeks, the city was
under siege. Surrounded by Panzers, bombed and shelled day and
night, Soviet Commissar Nikita Khrushchev was amongst the senior
Soviet officials co-ordinating the defence. Amid his cadre of
trusted personnel is British defector Bella Menzies, once with MI5,
now with the NKVD, the Soviet secret police. With the fall of the
city inevitable, the Soviets plan a bloody war of terror that will
extort a higher toll on the city's inhabitants than the invaders.
As the noose tightens, Bella finds herself trapped, hunted by both
the Russians and the Germans. As the local saying has it: life is
dangerous - no one survives it. Kyiv is part of the SPOILS OF WAR
Collection, a thrilling, beguiling blend of fact and fiction born
of some of the most tragic, suspenseful, and action-packed events
of World War II. From the mind of highly acclaimed thriller author
GRAHAM HURLEY, this blockbuster non-chronological collection allows
the reader to explore Hurley's masterful storytelling in any order,
with compelling recurring characters whose fragmented lives mirror
the war that shattered the globe. 'You could read a lot of books
before you found a tale better told' The Times 'This is a masterful
novel: a war narrative, a spy thriller, and a historical fiction
steeped in meticulously-researched factual detail' Dr Christine
Berberich, University of Portsmouth
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