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Russia’s endgame is yet to come. But the forces of history are relentlessly at work, exposing both the darkness of repression and the light of friendship, passion, and tolerance.

Having taken a voyeuristic interest in almost two centuries of struggle for a free Russia, the immortal Alex suddenly turns from bystander to protagonist when he meets Anna and her friends. As recent graduates of the FSB Academy, the young people get thrown into the events of Euromaidan, where they cross paths with Alex.

Following Kremlin orders, they get more deeply embroiled in Russia’s hybrid strategies of war, traversing Armenia, Georgia, and Eastern Ukraine. But it is back in Russia, deep in the northern forest of the Arkhangelsk region, where the forces emerge that will ultimately bring down the Putin regime.