Black sun : a novel / Owen Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Owen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti--Employees--Fiction.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.

Physicists--Crimes against--Soviet Union--Fiction.

Physicists.

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Murder--Investigation.

History.

High-altitude nuclear explosions.

Employees.

High-altitude nuclear explosions--Fiction.

Soviet Union--History--1953-1985--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

History.

Mystery fiction.

Suspense fiction.

Historical fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Novels.

Physical Description:

305 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2019]

Summary:

"A chilling and cinematic thriller set in 1961 in one of the most secretive locations in Soviet history. Ten days before the test of largest nuclear device in history--the Tsar Bomba--a KGB officer must investigate the murder of one of the architects of the bomb, and unravel a conspiracy that could set the world on fire"-- Provided by publisher.

1961, Arzamas-16, a top-secret research city that does not appear on any map. RDS-220 is a project of such vital national importance that, unlike everyone else in the Soviet Union, the scientists of Arzamas-16 are free to think and act, live and love as they wish-- as long as they complete the project, and build the most powerful nuclear device ever known. When a young physicist is found dead, KGB officer Major Alexander Vasin is sent to investigate. It is a city full of secrets-- including one that could extinguish all human life on the planet. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

The city that doesn't exist

Burned and blinded

Scoured, melted and blown away

I am become death.

Other Format:

Online version: Matthews, Owen, author. Black sun

ISBN:

9780385543408

0385543409

OCLC:

1057244226