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D.V. Chernov

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D.V. Chernov is an award-winning author of historical and crime fiction. His debut novel Commissar was named Finalist for the prestigious Hemingway International Book Award. D.V. Chernov was born in Omsk, Russia and grew up in the Soviet Union during the final decades of the Cold War before immigrating to the US in 1991. For his crime fiction, Chernov derives inspiration from his 20-year career in the high-tech industry, with his extensive experience lending his thrillers a level of authenticity that is rare in the genre.

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Average rating: 4.26 · 96 ratings · 39 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Severed Echoes 4.28 avg rating — 54 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commissar: A Novel of Civil War Russia 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Trace (Nick Severs Mysteries #2) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commissar: War and Peace really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Commissar: War and Peace launches November 10

Commissar: War and Peace

The award-winning historical epic of the Russian Civil War continues with book 2 -- Commissar: War and Peace.

Winter, 1918. The guns of the Great War finally fall silent in Europe, and world leaders gather in Paris to ink new agreements and redraw the maps of the world. But to the east, Russia is ablaze—its history being written in blood as the ruthless civil war between Red Read more of this blog post »

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Published on November 03, 2025 08:19 • Tags: espionage, historical-fiction, russian-civil-war, russian-revolution, wwi

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