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Lev Demidov

This series unfolds in the oppressive atmosphere of Stalin's Soviet Union, a society where a façade of perfection masks a brutal reality. It follows a secret police agent who begins to question the official narrative when confronted with a murder that the powerful seek to conceal. As his own family becomes entangled in a dangerous game, he must turn against the system he once served in a desperate fight for truth and survival.

Child 44
The Secret Speech
Agent 6

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    In Soviet Russia, Leo Demidov is after a killer that the State denies exists. But he's in danger himself - from the country he's trying to protect

    Child 44
  2. 2

    Soviet Union, 1956: Stalin is dead. With his passing, a violent regime is beginning to fracture - leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. The catalyst comes when a secret manifesto composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Its message: Stalin was a tyrant and a murderer. Its promise: The Soviet Union will transform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget Stalin's tyranny so easily, that demand revenge of the most appalling nature.

    The Secret Speech
  3. 3

    Agent 6

    • 560 pages
    • 20 hours of reading
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    Former secret police agent Leo Demidov is thrown into a foreign conflict and is forced to question and confront everything he ever thought he knew about his country, his family, and himself.

    Agent 6