First published 2008
In 1916 St. Petersburg, the beautiful Sashenka Zeitlin slips into the night as Comrade Snowfox, a dangerous double agent. Years later, she's a high-ranking official's wife in Stalin's chilling regime, where friends vanish without a trace. When the dictator himself comes to dinner, Sashenka falls into a forbidden romance that sets off a terrifying sequence of events, forcing her to choose between her own life and those she holds dear.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, 20th-century, political-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: forbidden-romance, political-intrigue
Setting: England, Georgia, London, Moscow, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union, Tbilisi
Period: 1916, 1939, 1994, Nicholas II, 1894-1917
540 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster
Content warnings: violence