Archangel
In the wake of Stalin's death, a secret diary and a mysterious boy were buried in the Soviet archives — and the truth about both has never been allowed to surface. When historian Christopher Kelso is told of a man who survived the purges and knows the diary's location, he sets out to find it, only to be drawn into a conspiracy that spans decades of Soviet history. As the investigation moves from the remote north to the heart of Moscow, the line between history and present-day danger blurs, and the true nature of the boy's identity threatens to upend everything Kelso believes. A tense, atmospheric thriller of espionage and historical mystery.
A British historian and former intelligence officer who becomes entangled in the mystery of Stalin's secret diary and the identity of the boy who may be his son.
An old man and former KGB agent who tells Kelso about the diary and the boy, and whose death sets the plot in motion.