{"product_id":"the-lady-of-the-mine-9781954404304","title":"The Lady of the Mine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A monumental feat . . . a book of rare elemental power that lays bare the dark forces driving Putin's Russia today.\"\u003cb\u003e--Catherine Belton, author of \u003ci\u003ePutin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mystical laundress at the center of this novel is obsessed with purity\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e Her task is formidable as she stands guard over a sealed shaft at a Ukrainian coal mine that hides terrible truths. The bodies of dead Jews lying in its depths seem to attract still more present-day crimes. Acclaimed Russian author Sergei Lebedev portrays a ghostly realm riven by lust and fear just as the Kremlin invades the same part of Ukraine occupied by the Wehrmacht in World War II. Then corpses rain from the sky when a jetliner is shot down overhead, scattering luxury goods along with the mortal remains. Eerie coincidences and gruesome discoveries fill this riveting exploration of an uncanny place where the geography exudes violence, and where the sins of the past are never all that in the past. Lebedev, who has won international praise for his soul-searching prose and unflinching examination of history's evils, shines light on the fault line where Nazism met Soviet communism, evolving into the new fascism of today's Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sergei Lebedev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Vessel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954404304","brand":"New Vessel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273919266953,"sku":"9781954404304","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_fac713fb-ff0c-499f-81d9-607f57e378f8.jpg?v=1736841698","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-lady-of-the-mine-9781954404304","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}