Synthetic Soviet: A Novel of Biological Intrigue and Family Survival in a Failing System

by Walter Judson Moore

In Synthetic Soviet, Tamara Semenova weaves a story of family and intrigue during the late Brezhnev and short Andropov years. Times were difficult with a shortage of goods as the government focused on the cold war. Letters from friends, children, and her grandson depict characters that resonate. Much more than a tale, the reader plummets into the morass of a failing system and its secret biological weapons development. The intrigue that develops between these people and others involved in possible restructuring and in the biological arsenal holds the reader's interest. Moore brings all of this together in the end with a highly plausible and surprising conclusion.

272 pages, Paperback

First published August 29, 2006