by Aylmer Maude
First published 2021
Dmitri Ilyitch, a young Russian nobleman, is sentenced to brutal Siberian hard labor for a murder he didn't commit. Consumed by anger and despair, he finds hope in an unlikely friendship with a fellow prisoner, a former prostitute. Together, they navigate the camp's cruelty, clinging to kindness and the promise of a future beyond their bleak confinement. Dmitri's journey toward redemption is a visceral tale of the human spirit's resilience.
Genres: drama, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, crime, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking, visceral
Tropes: enemies-to-friends, found-family, wrongly-accused
Setting: Siberia
Period: 19th-century, 20th-century
610 pages · Paperback · Independently published
Content warnings: abuse, violence