UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY

Davinsky Labour Camp, Siberia, 1933: Sofia Morozova knows she has toescape. Only two things have sustained her through the bitter cold, achinghunger and hard labour: the prospect of one day walking free; and thestories told by her friend Anna, beguiling tales of a charmed upbringingin Petrograd ? and of Anna's fervent love for a passionate revolutionary,Vasily. So when Anna falls gravely ill, Sofia makes a promise to escapethe camp and find Vasily: to chase the memory that has for so long spunhope in both their hearts. But Sofia knows that times have changed.Russia, gripped by the iron fist of Communism, is no longer the country ofher friend's childhood. Her perilous search takes her from industrialfactories to remote villages, where she discovers a web of secrecy andlies, but also bonds of courage and loyalty ? and an overwhelming lovethat threatens her promise to Anna.