The Black Russian and the Serpent's Sting

Based on the celebrated biography The Black RussianA gripping novel of suspense about a Black expatriate from Mississippi who made Imperial Russia his home. Frederick Bruce Thomas built a dazzling new life in tsarist Moscow as a famed entertainment mogul. But when a desperate father begs for his help, he is drawn into a world of crime and international intrigue. An abducted child. A ruthless trafficking ring-and then his own daughter is taken. Aided by a rebellious prince and an old woman from Siberia with spiritual gifts, he must risk all to confront a criminal cabal and its shadowy foreign masters. Set in the glamour and decadence of 1913 Moscow, this novel imaginatively blends history and intrigue into a tale of resilience, family, and the search for home in a world on the brink of upheaval.