Perestroika - An Eye for an Eye a Tooth for a Tooth

Winner of the 2024 Independent Press AwardsWinner of the 2023 Historical Fiction Company Book of the YearBronze Medal in the 2023 Latino Book AwardsFinalist in the 2021 Eyland AwardsFinalist in the 2021 Fiction FactoryExcerpt nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2023. Perestroika is a historical fiction novel that provides thrilling insightsinto the late Communist era. The book opens in 1978 and introducescitizens of Slavia like artist Ludwig Kirchner struggling to survive inconcentration camps whilst the terrifying elites of the regime live inluxury and moral depravity. It all changes in 1989 with Perestroika. Inthe revolutionary turmoil former crime boss Ivan Fiorov leads thenewly formed 'Freedom Party' heralding a wave of insecurity thatresembles the previous dictatorship.. Revenge redemption and catharsis collide head on with recentEuropean history. With Putin's invasion of Ukraine alongside aresurgence of populist leaders and neo-Nazi movements across theworld Perestroika is as much a lens into the present as an excitingepitome for the past.