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The Worker: From Russia to America
Oppressed by the ruling classes. Yearning to spark hope. Can she find a path to joy before she's crushed by the turmoil of revolt?
Siberia, 1912. Avia Reznikova has witnessed too much tragedy. Traumatized by memories of the Tzar's soldiers gunning down her father and hundreds of overworked miners when she was a teenager, the young woman fights to improve living conditions for the poor. But when the draft for WWI creates a labor shortage, her burning desire to better Russian society is undermined by her exhausting workload.
Lonely and war-weary, Avia grudgingly abandons her employment to start a cartage business with help from an American investor. And after she discovers she is pregnant, the isolated mother battles to hold to the original spirit of the revolution as the Bolsheviks claim sovereignty with a bloody coup.
Can she navigate this dangerous power struggle without sacrificing her ideals?
In this carefully crafted look at Russia during the final days of the Tzarist regime, Richard Alan Schwartz paints an alternately grim and hopeful picture of one woman's efforts to survive. Written with meticulously researched detail, this muti-layered account sweeps readers away to witness the turbulent reinvention of a nation and its people.
The From Russia to America, is the immersive seventh book in the American Journeys women's historical fiction series. If you like engaging characters, well-paced action and stories worth re-reading, then you will love Richard Alan Schwartz's evocative saga.
Start reading The Worker today to confront injustice!
Siberia, 1912. Avia Reznikova has witnessed too much tragedy. Traumatized by memories of the Tzar's soldiers gunning down her father and hundreds of overworked miners when she was a teenager, the young woman fights to improve living conditions for the poor. But when the draft for WWI creates a labor shortage, her burning desire to better Russian society is undermined by her exhausting workload.
Lonely and war-weary, Avia grudgingly abandons her employment to start a cartage business with help from an American investor. And after she discovers she is pregnant, the isolated mother battles to hold to the original spirit of the revolution as the Bolsheviks claim sovereignty with a bloody coup.
Can she navigate this dangerous power struggle without sacrificing her ideals?
In this carefully crafted look at Russia during the final days of the Tzarist regime, Richard Alan Schwartz paints an alternately grim and hopeful picture of one woman's efforts to survive. Written with meticulously researched detail, this muti-layered account sweeps readers away to witness the turbulent reinvention of a nation and its people.
The From Russia to America, is the immersive seventh book in the American Journeys women's historical fiction series. If you like engaging characters, well-paced action and stories worth re-reading, then you will love Richard Alan Schwartz's evocative saga.
Start reading The Worker today to confront injustice!
344 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 10, 2025
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Richard Schwartz
57 books298 followersRichard Schwartz ist das Pseudonym eines deutschen Schriftstellers (* 1958 in Frankfurt am Main), unter dem der Fantasy-Romanzyklus Das Geheimnis von Askir und dessen Fortsetzung Die Götterkriege veröffentlicht werden.
Richard Schwartz hat eine Ausbildung als Flugzeugmechaniker und ein Studium der Elektrotechnik und Informatik absolviert. Er arbeitete als Tankwart, Postfahrer und Systemprogrammierer und restauriert Autos und Motorräder. Am liebsten widmet er sich jedoch fantastischen Welten, die er in der Nacht zu Papier bringt – mit großem Erfolg: Seine Reihe um »Das Geheimnis von Askir« wurde mehrfach für den Deutschen Phantastik Preis nominiert. Zuletzt erschien die neue Reihe „Die Eisraben-Chroniken“.
Richard Schwartz hat eine Ausbildung als Flugzeugmechaniker und ein Studium der Elektrotechnik und Informatik absolviert. Er arbeitete als Tankwart, Postfahrer und Systemprogrammierer und restauriert Autos und Motorräder. Am liebsten widmet er sich jedoch fantastischen Welten, die er in der Nacht zu Papier bringt – mit großem Erfolg: Seine Reihe um »Das Geheimnis von Askir« wurde mehrfach für den Deutschen Phantastik Preis nominiert. Zuletzt erschien die neue Reihe „Die Eisraben-Chroniken“.
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November 18, 2025I have enjoyed learning about the Russian Jewish people lives and trials and their migration to other lands. The facts and fiction blended together is an enjoyable reading experience. My hope is there will be a book 8.
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