description: Russia. The 1980s.  The Cold War is still raging.  Mikhail Gorbachev’s strict vision for Russia is driving out the economic corruption that riddled the old Soviet regime.  Nikolai Serov watches as traitors in positions of the highest authority are forced into revealing their hands, knowing that he does not want to fall victim to the same fate of arrest and execution.  As head of the KGB’s First Chief Directorate and one of Moscow’s leading black marketeers and drug kings, Serov recognises that he has only one chance to construct a sophisticated plot which will ensure his own freedom.  Serov’s intricate plan unfolds in a calculated web of murder and betrayal as he activates a Russian mole who has lain dormant for the past twenty years and now is at the top rung of Britain’s MI5.  His vision for the future stretches far and wide as his secret master plan succeeds in influencing East and West policy and dictates the fates of governments on both sides.  ‘Patriots’ takes the reader right to the heart of Russia. Meticulously researched, complexly plotted, explosively violent and ruthlessly authentic, it is the first novel to deal with the darker side of Gorbachev's programmes of perestroika and glasnost.  'Patriots' is a brilliant tale of treachery and power politics.  Kevin Doherty has worked in advertising and marketing with a number of international companies. He is also the author of ‘Villa Normandie’ and 'Charlie's War'.  Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
language: English
title: A Long Day's Dying
titlecomplete: A Long Day's Dying
ratings_count: 56
publisher: Virgin Books