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One man, many conspirators, a world on the brink of war, A Game of Soldiers is a brilliant, atmospheric thriller, perfect for all readers of Fatherland.

In St Petersburg, beside the glittering court life of the Romanovs, the people are seething. It is not only the Bolsheviks but also the new men, the tycoons grown wealthy in the booming economy and the more vigorous aristocrats who are impatient with their idle, incompetent rulers.

Pyotr Ryzkhov, a government agent, is used to keeping his head down, minding his own business. He is providing a bodyguard for a key member of the government, when he witnesses the death of a child prostitute. The immediate cover up and the vulnerability of the girl drives him to probe into what he is sure is murder. But he suddenly finds his enquiries deliberately hampered. As the investigation widens, financiers, policemen, government officers, foreign diplomats, even the Minister of Justice, seem to be involved in an ever larger circle of fraud and violence.

Then another brutal killing – this time of a leading banker – gives him the final clue and leads to the desperate journey to Serbia and the incident at Sarajevo that was to reverberate around the world.

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'A Game of Soldiers is an engrossing thriller in which an apparently unremarkable crime leads to the highest echelons of Russian society in 1913. With every twist and revelation, the suspense grows, and the reader is carried along by a narrative full of incident, character, and period detail. Stephen Miller paints in bold strokes on a large canvas. Once you start this book, you won't want to put it down.' Peter Robinson

‘Miller’s book is on a grand scale...a vivid reconstruction of the complex politics of the period.’ Sunday Telegraph

‘An alternative history to get your conspiracy theory brain sells working’ Ladsmag

‘This book is an exciting historical thriller, full of dark atmosphere that...holds the attention of the reader and leaves one wanting to know more...I await his next novel with anticipation.’ Yorkshire Gazette & Herald

‘...a conspiracy story with a difference.’ York Evening Press

‘...he writes in short sentences, striving after gritty realism...it is very authentic. Miller must know more about 1914 St. Petersburg than anybody else alive...’ The Historical Novels Review

About the Author:

Stephen Miller was born in the USA and now lives in Canada. After graduating from Virginia Military Institute in 1968, he moved to Vancouver to concentrate on creative writing and theatre, starting as a stage carpenter and working his way up to becoming an actor and scriptwriter. A Game of Soldiers is his first thriller. He is presently working on a second book which will again feature Pyotr Ryzkhov, this time in the immediate aftermath of World War One.

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  • PublisherHarperCollins
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 0007191200
  • ISBN 13 9780007191208
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