{"product_id":"siberian-light-9780385316880","title":"Siberian Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eA savage triple murder sets the scene for a novel that is at once a heart-pounding thriller  a breathtaking love story  and a journey into the worlds last great wilderness. In the tradition of Smillas Sense of Snow and Gorky Park  Siberian Light captures a time and a place as it hurtles us from the stifling heat of a murder scene into the deep cold of the Siberian taiga.  Siberia  land of hope and desperation. A place of unimaginable wealth  and unimaginable greed. Against this backdrop  Gregori Nowek  the mayor of the small river town of Markovo  is ordered to investigate the killing of three men. Two of them are members of his own militia. The third is Andrei Ryzkhov  a man who has made a fortune from an American-financed oil exploration deal. The investigation leads Nowek into a labyrinth of deception and ends with a terrible discovery: an old horror  long thought dead  has reemerged amid the frozen wastes of Siberia.  Gregori Nowek  amateur violinist  former oil geologist  is a man of reason. He believes in law  even in a lawless nation. And he still holds fast to a flicker of hope; hope for the future  and hope for himself. It remains hidden  waiting to be ignited by Anna Vereskaya  an American ecologist and savior to the endangered Siberian tiger.  When Anna is named the prime suspect in Ryzkhovs murder  Nowek wants to believe she is innocent. Anna has come to Siberia to study and save the great Siberian tiger. Instead  she has found the dangerous edge of a brutal conspiracy that draws them both into a hunt for the truth  and a desperate race for survival.  Siberian Light captures the agonies of a nation catapulted into the twenty-first century from the deep sleep of communism. From the intricate workings of a Siberian oil field to the bitter resolve of a gulag survivor  Robin Whites magnificent novel pulses with unforgettable characters and astonishing detail. As it careens toward a wild  violent chase across the frozen taiga  Siberian Light builds to an exhilarating climax--a staggering surprise--spellbinding until the final  unforgettable scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789857644597,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385316887","price":25.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385316880.jpg?v=1784700988","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/siberian-light-9780385316880","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}