Harry TurtledoveFiction · Science Fiction·b. 1949
The Gladiator
Synopsis
In a world where the Soviet Union won the Cold War, Italy has become a communist stronghold. Two shopkeepers in Milan find themselves caught in a dangerous game of underground resistance when they discover a strategy game that challenges the party's rigid ideology. They must navigate a landscape of informants and secret police to keep their subversive hobby from costing them their lives.