The Soviet Sisters

A Novel of the Cold War

By: Anika Scott

Narrated by: Yelena Shmulenson, Kirsten Potter

From bestselling author of The German Heiress, a gripping new historical novel filled with secrets, lies, and betrayals, following two spy sisters during the Cold War.

""Anika Scott pens a fascinating tale of secrets, surveillance, and sisterhood.... The Soviet Sisters will suck you in to the very last page!"" —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye

“Electrifying, meticulously researched, and expertly plotted, The Soviet Sisters is at once a Cold War thriller, a gripping spy story, a page-turning mystery, and a familial drama.” —Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author

Sisters Vera and Marya were brought up as good Soviets: obedient despite hardships of poverty and tragedy, committed to communist ideals, and loyal to Stalin. Several years after fighting on the Eastern front, both women find themselves deep in the mire of conflicts shaping a new world order in 1947 Berlin. When Marya, an interpreter, gets entangled in Vera’s cryptic web of deceit and betrayal, she must make desperate choices to survive—and protect those she loves.

Nine years later, Marya is a prisoner in a Siberian work camp when Vera, a doyenne of the KGB, has cause to reopen her case file and investigate the facts behind her sister's conviction all those years ago in Berlin. As Vera retraces the steps that brought them both to that pivotal moment in 1947, she unravels unexpected truths and discoveries that call into question the very history the Soviets were working hard to cover up.

Epic and intimate, layered and complex, The Soviet Sisters is a gripping story of spies, blackmail, and double, triple bluff. With her dexterous plotting and talent for teasing out moral ambiguity, Anika Scott expertly portrays a story about love, conflicting world views, and loyalty and betrayal between sisters.

Intense Cold War

Interesting and conflicting relationship between sisters. Narration was excellent, full of emotion and levity. It brought me into the characters!

A Rare Treat

Scott conjures a world that is almost never talked about any more: a time after the war, when there was not one enemy to unite the forces. The splintering of the fractions and the stubborn hold on ideals led to a conflict every bit as heartbreaking as open warfare.
Humanity gets lost wherever we elevate ideals over humans. A great work and well written and narrated.
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Great story. The characters and delivery kept me listening and engaged.

Two sisters are the opposite sides of post WWII coin of intrigue in this novel that takes you from a decimated Berlin to the gulag of Siberia.

Fantastic book

This was a really well written and intelligent book. Very compelling characters. I really enjoyed it.

Fantastic

I absolutely love this story and how incredibly happy and sad it made me. The struggle was real.