The fall of the Russian empire - Donald James

The towering saga of the Soviet Union's explosive appointment with destiny

In this brilliant epic novel of the near future, the reader will be swept up into the enthralling human drama of a whole society in turmoil. From top-level Politburo power struggles to food riots on Russian city streets, from the brutal assassination of  a Ukrainian nationalist leader in Paris to the storming of Moscow itself by prisoners escaped from the Gulag hell-camps, from the first stirrings of revolt to the outbreak of full civil war - here is a giant novel of stunning excitement and frightening relevance to today's troubled world.