Day of the Long Knives: A post-Soviet thriller

Olympic hero turned peace campaigner Ruslan Shanidza sets out on his most ambitious undertaking, as he puts himself at the head of a campaign to unseat the brutal strongman who rules his post-communist homeland.

He assembles a fractious coalition of rivals and former enemies. But they must confront some very dangerous people: men with blood on their hands who know they can never allow their grip on power to slip.

The conflict quickly escalates. Espionage, blackmail and intimidation give way to arrests, beatings and assassinations as the President and his cronies plot a murderous crackdown. Ruslan soon learns that he has placed himself and his family right in the firing line in an increasingly desperate fight to the finish.

This third Ruslan Shanidza novel can be enjoyed without reading the other two. It is a political thriller rooted in time and place that draws upon real historical events as it races to its denouement.

Praise for the previous Ruslan Shanidza novels

The Price of Dreams

‘…will keep you turning the pages…Prepare to be sucked in with gripping characters and political intrigue until the very end.’ OnlineBookClub.org Official Review

‘Highly enjoyable, gripping page turner, solid story and characters, political intrigue; what’s not to like?’ E.P. Goodreads reviewer

‘I simply could not put down this fast-paced thriller - from well-developed characters to an intrigue-filled plot…’ E. Kobo reviewer

‘Gripping, atmospheric and convincing.’ T.C. Amazon UK reviewer

A Long Night of Chaos

‘Few novels start as savagely and alarmingly as this…The place is the northern Caucasus; the time the murderous period of chaos left by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the contest of small, fanatical nationalities to establish their own independent states…not only a guide to the recent past but – unhappily – to the bloodshed and intrigue of the likely future.’

Neal Ascherson, author of Black Sea and The Polish August

‘The characters come alive and it quickly draws you in.’ BJ Amazon.Com Reviewer

‘…melds themes of conflict, loss, and love in this politically charged thriller that arrests the reader’s attention from the first page…solid characters…the book was an exhilarating read’ OnlineBookClub.org Official Review

‘Political intrigue, peril and recognisable characters, only a step away from true figures from fairly recent east European history, makes the book that much more enjoyable.’ PWB Amazon UK Reviewer