Pyotr Kirov and his KGB partner Bogdanov have been assigned the task of
investigating The Great Jewish Antibiotics Ring. However, the fraud
squad gets to Victor Gusev, the main suspect, first. He is shot before
he can be interrogated. In the hospital he begins to vomit blood.
Upon examining the vomit and blood, Kirov discovers diamonds.
Later, after Gusev dies, the doctor who worked on him reveals that she
had administered him some of the antibiotics he had in his possession.
Kirov wonders if these might have killed him. Their source seems to be
Bulgaria. Bogdanov discovers that the drug operation could be a GRU
operation. Why would the GRU be involved?
Kirov an d Bogdanov discover that the antibiotics are made in Bulgaria,
so Kirov travels to Sofia to investigate further. Upon his return, he
is questioned by another security force as to why he had been to Sofia.
He also finds out that perestroika may not be all that it is cracked up
to be as jobs are on the line.
In this sequel to "Farewell to Russia", author Jim Williams takes the
reader down the path that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and
what would inevitably become another corrupt regime. A good read.
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