Midway through the book, prisoners in a Siberian. Someone transformed beyond recognition into the perfect model of vengeance.įrom the streets of Moscow in the throes of political upheaval, to the Siberian gulags, and to the center of the Hungarian uprising in Budapest, The Secret Speech is a breathtaking, epic novel that confirms Tom Rob Smith as one of the most exciting new authors writing today. Tom Rob Smith’s second novel, The Secret Speech, is set in 1956 as the Soviet Union takes its first baby steps toward de-Stalinization. Now that the truth is out, Leo, Raisa, and their family are in grave danger from someone consumed by the dark legacy of Leo's past career. The two young girls he and his wife Raisa adopted have yet to forgive him for his part in the death of their parents. Its promise: The Soviet Union will change.įacing his own personal turmoil, former state security officer Leo Demidov is also struggling to change.
A secret speech composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Stalin is dead, and a violent regime is beginning to fracture-leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. Tom Rob Smith-the author whose debut, Child 44, has been called "brilliant" ( Chicago Tribune), "remarkable" ( Newsweek) and "sensational" ( Entertainment Weekly)-returns with an intense, suspenseful new novel: a story where the sins of the past threaten to destroy the present, where families must overcome unimaginable obstacles to save their loved ones, and where hope for a better tomorrow is found in the most unlikely of circumstances.
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