<p>The new novel from a master of the Cold War thriller . . .<br><br><b>''This is Robert Harris storytelling territory''</b><i>Daily Mail</i><br><b>''Outstanding'' </b><i>Sunday Times</i><br><b>''Tense, exciting and authentic'' </b>Charles Cumming, author of <i>Judas 62</i><br><b>''Stunning'' </b><i>The Times</i><br><b>''Brilliantly plotted'' </b>John Sweeney, author of <i>Killer in the Kremlin</i><br><b>''A standout thriller'' </b><i>Financial Times</i><br><br><b>1963. In a desolate Russian penal colony, a radio broadcasts news of the killing of </b><br><b>President John F. Kennedy . . .</b><br><br>Alexander Vasin''s new posting as director of a brutal gulag camp is far from a promotion. This is where disgraced KGB officers are sent to disappear, quietly, and forgotten.<br><br>But when a violent revolt breaks out, Vasin must decide: run or die. So he runs. With him goes a mysterious prisoner ¿ an individual who might hold the key to an extraordinarily dangerous secret: the identity of