Escape from Chernobyl

Written by Andy Marino

Book #1 in the Escape From series

Siblings escape Chernobyl's chaos, pursued by the regime, as their town faces a deadly cover-up.

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176 pages· 40,494 words· Est. 4.5 hour read· 820L

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In Pripyat, siblings Alina and Lev's world shatters as Chernobyl's Reactor No. 4 explodes. Fleeing with their parents, they are pursued by the relentless Communist party. Meanwhile, their friends and family left behind grapple with a dangerous disinformation campaign, denying the radioactive threat. Can they survive the chaos and uncover the truth?

From the publisher

From Andy Marino, author of The Plot to Kill Hitler series, comes another fast-paced historical thriller chronicling one family’s desperate bid to escape the deadly Chernobyl disaster. 26 April 198601:18 Alina &amp; Lev are two siblings living in Pripyat, one of the Soviet Union’s proud nuclear cities. Both are asleep in their beds. Their cousin, Yuri, is a custodian at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, where he’s fiercely attacking a spill in the hallway with a mop. Alina’s best friend, Sofiya, sleeps just a few doors down. Her father is an engineer at the plant, a fact that has always filled her with pride. In five minutes, Reactor No. 4 will explode in a ball of fire. It will expel radiation across their town for nine days before it’s finally contained. For the people of Pripyat, it will be far too late. Two young siblings flee the Chernobyl disaster with their parents, but the Communist party is on their heels. Meanwhile, the friends and family they were forced to leave behind must contend with a disinformation campaign that’s determined to pretend nothing is wrong-even as deadly radiation spills into the air.

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