{"product_id":"black-sun-book-owen-matthews-9780385543408","title":"Black Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Sun\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis fascinating and has fearsome authenticity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Frederick Forsyth, #1\u0026gt;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrilling and suspenseful. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Simon Sebeag Montefiore, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of\u0026gt;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Romanovs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo call the novel chilling is an understatement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Booklist\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the dawn of the 1960s. In order to investigate the gruesome death of a brilliant young physicist, KGB officer Major Alexander Vasin must leave Moscow for Arzamas-16, a top-secret research city that does not appear on any map.\u003cbr\u003e There he comes up against the brightest, most cutthroat brain trust in Russia who, on the orders of Nikita Khrushchev himself, are building a nuclear weapon with 3,800 times the destructive potential of the Hiroshima bomb. 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 prove to their capitalist enemies that the USR now commands the heights of nuclear supremacy. \u003cbr\u003e With intricately plotted machinations, secrets and surveillance, corrupt politicos and puppet masters in the Politburo, and one devastating weapon, Owen Matthews has crafted a timely, terrific, and fast-paced thriller set at the height--and in the heart--of Soviet power.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49586121998609,"sku":"GOR011441236","price":12.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49653580824849,"sku":"GOR013417349","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49891705520401,"sku":"CIN0385543409VG","price":4.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49979712274705,"sku":"CIN0385543409G","price":6.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385543409.jpg?v=1751357818","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/black-sun-book-owen-matthews-9780385543408","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}