The Betrayal

Leningrad, 1952. Andrei, a young hospital doctor, and Anna, a nursery
school teacher, are forging a life together in the postwar, postsiege
wreckage. But their happiness is precarious, like that of ...

Leningrad, 1952. Andrei, a young hospital doctor, and Anna, a nursery
school teacher, are forging a life together in the postwar, postsiege
wreckage. But their happiness is precarious, like that of millions of
Russians who must avoid the claws of Stalin's merciless Ministry of
State Security. So when Andrei is asked to treat the seriously ill child
of a senior secret police officer, he and Anna are fearful. Trapped in
an impossible, maybe unwinnable game, can they avoid the whispers and
watchful eyes of those who will say or do anything to save themselves?
The Betrayal
is a powerful and touching novel of ordinary people in the grip of a
terrible and sinister regime, and a moving portrait of a love that will
not be extinguished.