Filled with real political insight and intrigue this thrilling novel explores the nature of
power through the inner workings of Putin's regime. Known as the 'Wizard of the Kremlin ' the
enigmatic Vadim Baranov was a TV producer before becoming a political advisor to Putin aka
'The Czar.' After his resignation from this position legends about him multiply with no one
able to distinguish truth from fiction. Until one night when he tells his story to the
narrator of this book ... He immerses us in the heart of the Russian state where sycophants
and oligarchs have been engaging in open warfare and where Vadim now the regime's main spin
doctor turns an entire country into an avant-garde political stage. Yet Vadim is not as
ambitious as the others. Entangled in the increasingly dark secrets of the regime he has helped
create he will do anything to get out guided by the memory of his grandfather an eccentric
aristocrat who survived the Revolution and the mesmerizing merciless Ksenia whom he has
fallen in love with. Giuliano da Empoli once a senior advisor to Italian prime minister Matteo
Renzi draws on his experience behind the scenes to create an authentic compelling portrait of
power and how it corrupts
