The Burden

<p>The Burden</p><p>By: DJ Lord</p><p>In the final days of the Soviet Union three university students pull off the most daring heist in Cold War history-hijacking a military transport plane to steal millions in untraceable American dollars. But what begins as a calculated rebellion soon spirals into decades of exile betrayal and survival.</p><p>Now in Chicago two of the last survivors Mikael and Ilya are living quiet fractured lives haunted by secrets and holding onto a fortune they can never safely spend. When a violent explosion shakes their neighborhood the past resurfaces-and so do the people who never stopped hunting them.</p><p>Caught in the fallout are detectives Nardone and Sayers whose own moral boundaries begin to crumble as they uncover the truth: the money is real the danger is imminent and the choices ahead could change everything.</p><p>Spanning from Leningrad to Istanbul from forgotten airfields to cramped city flats <em>The Burden</em> is a literary thriller about the weight of loyalty the cost of freedom and the thin line between justice and survival.</p>