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Shortly after midnight on July 17, 1918, the imprisoned family of Tsar Nicholas Romanov was awakened and led down to the basement of the Ipatiev house. There they were summarily executed. Their bodies were hidden away, the location a secret of the Soviet state. A decade later, Pekkala, once the most trusted secret agent of the Romanovs, is now Prisoner 4745-P, banished to a forest on the outskirts of humanity. But the state needs Pekkala one last time. His mission: catch the assassins who slaughtered the Romanovs, locate the royal child rumored to be alive, and give Stalin the international coup he craves. Find the bodies, Pekkala is told, and you will find your freedom.
In a land of uneasy alliances and lethal treachery, pursuing clues that have eluded everyone, Pekkala is thrust into the past where he once reigned. There he will meet the man who betrayed him and the woman he loved and lost in the fires of rebellion—and uncover a secret so shocking that it will shake to its core the land he loves.
- Sales Rank: #615178 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Bantam
- Published on: 2011-01-25
- Released on: 2011-01-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.47" h x .66" w x 5.24" l, .48 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
Amazon.com Review
Sam Eastland on the Russian Buckle Front Detail Back
During the mid 1990’s, a friend of mine was present at a construction site in Russia when a backhoe unearthed the body of a soldier. The dead man was laying spread eagled on the carcass of a horse which had been buried at the same time. The man was wearing a long greatcoat, tall boots and had a thick leather belt across his middle. The clothing and the body had been preserved by the soil so that the man appeared to be partially mummified. Upon examination of the corpse, it became clear that the rider had been buried around the time of the First World War. It also seemed clear, from the fact that he had been laid to rest along with his horse, that the man had probably been buried on the same spot where he had been killed. The man’s belt buckle, which clearly showed the double-headed eagle of the Romanovs, identified him as a soldier of the Tsar’s Army. However, because of the location, which was not on what would have been the front lines during the Great War, the man must have been buried after, not during, the war. This would have placed the soldier’s death at some time in the early days of the Revolution, when soldiers still loyal to the Tsar, known as the Whites, fought pitched battles with the Bolsheviks, who became known as the Reds.
During the course of the construction, several other bodies were discovered, all of whom were similarly dressed and, presumably, had been killed during the same battle.
After the bodies had been re-interred, my friend was given one of the belt buckles as a souvenir. He then passed it on to me, and I still have it.
For every book, there is always some unexpected catalyst that sets everything in motion. Waiting for these catalysts to take hold is like standing in the path of a gently falling meteor shower. Ideas will come hurtling past, but they don’t hit you, so eventually you forget them. But then some image or some anecdote will strike you right between the eyes. From that point on, the formation of the book becomes like the making of a pearl inside an oyster. The grain of sand embeds itself inside the oyster. The oyster is not trying to produce a thing of beauty. It is trying to survive. The pearl is the product of pain. It is the same with these stories. Once they have snagged like a fishhook in your brain, you have to find a way to work them loose.
Holding that buckle in my hand made me think of the tens of thousands of people who were swallowed up in that revolution whose stories have never been told. Russian history, perhaps more than any other country, is layered with so many lies, denials, discreditations and rehabilitations that there is no one version of that country’s past. The only reliable stance to take is that nothing about it is reliable. And yet you know that the truth is in there somewhere, woven into the fabric of these deceptions.
For months after I began writing The Eye of the Red Tsar, that rider galloped through my dreams. It became an act of self-preservation to conjure back to life the story of that buckle, and of the man who wore it to his death.
From Booklist
Knowing that his secret police force includes many spies, Tsar Nicholas Romanov selects Pekkala, a Finnish soldier, to become his personal private investigator, the Emerald Eye. When Nicholas and his family are captured by the Bolsheviks, Pekkala becomes prisoner 4745-P and is sent to the Siberian gulag. A decade later, in the midst of the Great Terror, Pekkala is released because Stalin needs to know exactly what happened to the Romanov family. There is much to like about Eye of the Red Tsar, the first in a planned series. The stoic Pekkala is a bit enigmatic but is shown to be intelligent, courageous, and dogged; Eastland will no doubt reveal more about him in future books. The sense of place and period is well rendered. Stalin's Russia assuredly offers a surfeit of future plotlines, and Eastland appears to have done considerable research into the period. But Stalin, whom Pekkala encounters twice—in 1917 and 1929—is portrayed not as a monster but as soft spoken and thoughtful, a stunning departure from historical consensus. That said, readers should look forward to Pekkala's next investigation. --Thomas Gaughan
Review
“In the tradition of Martin Cruz Smith and Tom Rob Smith, Sam Eastland pulls us into the culture and politics of Mother Russia. . . . Highly imaginative [and] exciting.”—USA Today
“A fantastic premise, frenetic action sequences and a stellar setting would all set apart this debut novel by [Sam] Eastland. . . . What elevates this Russian period thriller . . . is its mad, brilliant hero.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A riveting historical thriller with a fascinating protagonist . . . a smart, assured, impeccably researched page-turner.”—David Liss, author of The Devil’s Company
“A triumph! With a canny eye for detail, Eastland re-creates the tragedy of the Romanov dynasty in this intelligent and relentless thriller.”—David Hewson, author of City of Fear
“Gripping and memorable . . . Fans of Russian thrillers (Tom Rob Smith’s Child 44, Martin Cruz Smith’s Gorky Park, and David Benioff’s City of Thieves) will want this.”—Library Journal
“A terrific debut . . . Eastland’s weaving of fact and fiction, of real and invented characters, is brilliantly achieved.”—The Times (London)
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24 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
Engaging historical thriller & start of a new series
By Sandy Kay
I enjoyed this book very much. I would have given it 5 stars but for one plot point that I could not believe (later on that - but no spoilers). But even with that, I would definitely read the next book in what I assume will become a series of Inspector Pekkala books (the next book comes out in 2011).
The main character is Pekkala. At the beginning of the book he is a prisoner in a Soviet labor camp assigned to mark trees for cutting; he has been there for nine years since the Tsar's abdication. A young political officer (Kirov) comes to request his assistance in an investigation because Pekkala is a special prisoner: he was the Tsar's legendary special investigator. Pekkala, along with Kirov and Pekkala's estranged older brother Anton, is charged with investigating the murder of Tsar Nicholas and his family. He has a strong moral code without being a wimpy or goody-goody character and that makes him a very interesting character.
There are a lot of books written about the deaths of the Romanovs. If you have a particular interest in or have studied the subject (I have not), you may have to give the author a fair amount of artistic license because the point of the book is Pekkala's character and his investigation, not to be a novelization of historical facts. One thing marred my complete enjoyment of the book. Pekkala makes a mistake (I won't say what or where in the book because it would spoil it) that is completely at odds with everything that has been written about him in the rest of the book. Nevertheless, it is a very enjoyable historical thriller. It will be interesting to see what investigations Pekkala does in future books.
22 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
Impressive first novel!
By Cynthia K. Robertson
Sam Eastland has scored an impressive triumph in his first novel, Eye of the Red Tsar. I'm a big Romanov-fan, and Eye of the Red Tsar provided me with a periodic fix. Eastland mixes history with fiction to great effect. However, in order to enjoy this book, you have to keep in mind that this is a work of fiction. The murder of the royal family as Eastland writes it is not how we know it to have happened.
Opening in 1929, Pekkala finds himself a prisoner in Siberia. He has served 9 years of a 30 year sentence for Crimes Against the State. Pekkala was once the Emerald Eye, the personal investigator of Tsar Nicholas II. He was the only man that Nicholas II trusted. But after the Revolution, he finds himself living a solitary existence, marking trees for cutting. Most men don't live out the year. But Pekkala's survival is a testament to his mental and physical toughness. Commissar Kirov is sent to bring Pekkala back as the communist government has a job for him. The government wishes to discover what really happened to the Romanovs. There is also a possibility that at least one of them is still alive. More likely, they're also interested in what may have happened to the Romanov treasure. Kirov offers Pekkala his freedom at the end of the job, so the former investigator reluctantly signs on.
It doesn't take Pekkala long to get back into the routine of investigation. He seeks out clues, interviews witnesses, and tries to discover what happened to the royal family. But whoever had a hand in their murder is still trying to remain underground. Some witnesses to that fateful night in Ekaterinburg are still in danger. As Pekkala starts digging, his life is also threatened.
Aside from the plot, what makes Eye of the Red Tsar so satisfying is Eastland's wonderful prose. Alternating between the past and the present, you get the feeling that Eastland personally knew the Tsar. "The Tsar's narrowed eyes were hard to read. His expression was not unkind, but neither was it friendly. It seemed to hover between contentment and a desire to be somewhere else. More of a mask than a face, thought Pekkela." The Tsar is actually jealous of his humble investigator and the simple life he lived.
I read that Sam Eastland has already started on another Pekkala mystery. If this is going to be a series, I'm definitely on board.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
A New Writer - A "Tsar" Is Born
By Alan L. Chase
Sam Eastland is a novelist whose work is new to me. I am delighted to have discovered his new work, "Eye of the Red Tsar." This is historical fiction at its best. The story is set around the Russian Revolution and the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and the massacre of the entire Romanov family.
Eastland creates the fictional character of Pekkala, a Finnish member of the Tsar's household who is a master detective with a steel-trap mind. Based on a real historical figure, Pekkala becomes famous as "The Eye of the Red Tsar." He becomes the most feared and respected investigator in all of Russia. After the Tsar is deposed, Pekkala is captured attempting to flee the country, and is sent to Siberia. Stalin wants to keep him in the "deep freeze" rather than kill him in case his skills are needed in the future. Sure enough, when questions arise around the deaths of the Romanov's and the disposition of their fabled treasure, Pekkala is sent for and given the task of solving the mystery.
The writing is excellent. Eastland knows Russia. In reading his descriptions of place, I could smell and taste and feel the same sensations that wash over me whenever I visit that mystical land.
Here is a small sample of Eastland's narrative voice. This passage explains some of the reasons behind Pekkala's great success as an investigator, rooted in his apprenticeship to his father, the undertaker:
"As the younger son, Pekkala had always known he would remain at home, service as an apprentice to his father. Eventually, he would be expected to take over the family business. His father's quiet reserve became a part of Pekkala as he assisted in the work. The draining of fluids from the bodies and replacing them with preservatives, the dressing and the management of hair, the insertion of pins in the face to achieve a relaxed and peaceful expression - all this became natural to Pekkala s he learned his father's occupation.
It was with their expression that his father took the greatest care. An air of calm needed to surround the dead, as if they welcomed this next stage of their existence. The expression of a poorly prepared body might appear anxious or afraid, or - worse - might not look like the same person at all.
It fascinated him to read, in the hands and faces of the departed, the way they'd spent their lives. Their bodies, like a set of clothes, betrayed their secrets of care or neglect. As Pekkala held the hand of a teacher, he could feel the bump on the second finger where a fountain pen had rested, wearing a groove into the bone. The hands of a fisherman were stacked with calluses and old knife cuts which creased the skin like a crumpled piece of paper. Grooved around eyes and mouths told whether a person's days had been governed by optimism or pessimism. There was no horror for Pekkala in the dead, only a great and unsolvable mystery." (Page 16)
There is a promised sequel to "Eye of The Red Tsar" in the works. I look forward to reading it.
Enjoy.
Al
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