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Grand Central Publishing
May 2009
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Featuring: Leo Demidov
416 pages
ISBN: 0446402400
EAN: 9780446402408
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Tom Rob Smith-the author whose debut, Child
44, has been called "brilliant" (Chicago Tribune),
"remarkable" (Newsweek) and "sensational" (Entertainment
Weekly)-returns with an intense, suspenseful new novel: a
story where the sins of the past threaten to destroy the
present, where families must overcome unimaginable obstacles
to save their loved ones, and where hope for a better
tomorrow is found in the most unlikely of circumstances . .
. THE SECRET SPEECH
Soviet Union, 1956. Stalin is
dead, and a violent regime is beginning to fracture-leaving
behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the
criminals are innocent. A secret speech composed by Stalin's
successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation.
Its message: Stalin was a tyrant. Its promise: The Soviet
Union will change. Facing his own personal turmoil,
former state security officer Leo Demidov is also struggling
to change. The two young girls he and his wife Raisa adopted
have yet to forgive him for his part in the death of their
parents. They are not alone. Now that the truth is out, Leo,
Raisa, and their family are in grave danger from someone
consumed by the dark legacy of Leo's past career. Someone
transformed beyond recognition into the perfect model of
vengeance.
From the streets of Moscow in the throes of
political upheaval, to the Siberian gulags, and to the
center of the Hungarian uprising in Budapest, THE SECRET
SPEECH is a breathtaking, epic novel that confirms Tom Rob
Smith as one of the most exciting new authors writing
today.
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