Publisher's Synopsis
Peter, Katya and their gang of former street bums have finally taken power in the Kremlin. Or have they? As they train to assume new roles at the head of government, they quickly find themselves sidelined by President Putin and his allies. Their enemies will stop at nothing to make life miserable for the former street rats, now struggling to adjust to new lives in luxury apartments under constant surveillance.
Still holding the codes to launch Russia's nuclear arsenal, Peter and Katya must claw their way to real power before the political enemies they are due to replace can run out the clock and take back control. No one can be trusted, as the lives of their friends and families remain under threat from the network of major oligarchs that supports Putin. Aleksandra, the government minder who has been assigned to prepare Katya for coronation as Tsarina, has her own agenda to bring them down. Outwitted and outnumbered, they become fugitives once again. Their last remaining hope may lie in a semi-abandoned genetic testing facility in Abkhazia. Hidden powers and historic vendettas will be revealed; the truth behind the interconnected bloodlines from Russia's past could offer a possible lifeline. But first, the former street kids must battle their own demons if they are to use what they've discovered to change the society that has wronged them all of their lives - and take final control of its future.
