The Wizard of the Kremlin, A Novel

Filled with real political insight and intrigue, this thrilling novel explores the nature of power through the inner workings of Putins regime.Known as the Wizard of the Kremlin, the enigmatic Vadim Baranov was a TV producer before becoming a political advisor to Putin, aka The Czar. After his resignation from this position, legends about him multiply, with no one able to distinguish truth from fiction. Until one night, when he tells his story to the narrator of this bookHe immerses us in the heart of the Russian state, where sycophants and oligarchs have been engaging in open warfare, and where Vadim, now the regimes main spin doctor, turns an entire country into an avant-garde political stage. Yet Vadim is not as ambitious as the others. Entangled in the increasingly dark secrets of the regime he has helped create, he will do anything to get out, guided by the memory of his grandfather, an eccentric aristocrat who...