Black Sun

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"A chilling and cinematic thriller set in 1961 in one of the most secretive locations in Soviet history. Ten days before the test of largest nuclear device in history--the Tsar Bomba--a KGB officer must investigate the murder of one of the architects of the bomb, and unravel a conspiracy that could set the world on fire"-- 1961, Arzamas-16, a top-secret research city that does not appear on any map. RDS-220 is a project of such vital national importance that, unlike everyone else in the Soviet Union, the scientists of Arzamas-16 are free to think and act, live and love as they wish-- as long as they complete the project, and build the most powerful nuclear device ever known. When a young physicist is found dead, KGB officer Major Alexander Vasin is sent to investigate. It is a city full of secrets-- including one that could extinguish all human life on the planet. -- adapted from jacket

subjects: English literature,  Soviet union, fiction,  Fiction, suspense,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Fiction,  Employees,  Physicists,  Crimes against,  Murder,  Investigation,  High-altitude nuclear explosions,  History,  FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense,  FICTION / Historical / General,  FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage,  Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti,  Soviet Union,  Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti