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Crater: Volume 1 Kindle Edition

by Nick Samoylov (Author), Bill Sterling (Illustrator), Don Lyman (Editor), Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
It is 1992, just after the USSR was dissolved and the free market economy was declared. Without corresponding legislature, law enforcement and even cultural tradition, the country dived into a chaos of an unrestrained freedom. The former ruling elite - of Communist Party and KGB - joined forces with criminal underground and started to take over. Ordinary people, not used to the self-governing, still hoped that the country leaders would take care about them - the hard working majority. But the development proved futility of such a hope. A group of young scientists and a few their friends, some with special military training, decided to investigate the Patomskiy crater, located in the middle of Siberia - just north-east of the Lake Baikal, on the border between the main Russian gold mining region and diamond fields of Yakutia. They hoped to have a nice and interesting break from the grim routine of their life, before the declining economy would render such trips not affordable anymore. What they actually encountered was far from the easy and exciting journey. It changed their lives in a way only tragedy could. 
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    330 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publication date
    January 11, 2016
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"Interesting and unique characters helped to push along a great narrative that made putting the book down a challenge in itself." Brendan Beyer, business analyst and master wrestler "Thought-Provoking... Weaves a tale of adventure on many levels and explores fear and triumph, inner conflict and personal growth while telling an engaging story, filled with surprises and complex characters." Dave Rael, software architect and podcaster "The book has captured the moment when the community we loved and all the society started disintegrating, the moment when one still could look back and hope to save the good we had, the last glance in the past lost forever." Egor Terekhov, physicist and artist painter, an inspiration to one of the main characters

About the Author

Nick Samoylov has grown up in the USSR and lives now in the US. He started his career as a theoretical physicist and a rock climber, then switched to programming and writing.

In his books, Nick shares his Soviet and American experiences and raises important questions of life, science and religion, human ideals and their clash with cold reality, all woven into an intriguing plot, full of unexpected twists and discoveries.

See more details on his site nicksamoylov.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01AHHK40G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Creative Services Press; 1st edition (January 11, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 11, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.3 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 330 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0996327347
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 17 ratings

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Nick Samoylov was born in Moscow, lived with his family inside the Arctic Circle before moving to the Southern Ukraine where he went to school. After graduation from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies, he worked as a theoretical physicist in Crimea and got involved in rock climbing and mountain rescue team.

In 1999, the family emigrated to the United States, where Nick and his wife Luda live now, working as programmers, often for the same company and on the same project. They have two grown-up daughters.

You can read more about Nick and follow his blog and other updates on www.nicksamoylov.com

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  • Gordon S. Savage
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Adventure You Want Forget
    Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2019
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    Crater is an interesting story on several levels. It’s an outright adventure that captures your attention and holds it, but the prime conflict is between the freedom the characters have versus the order they are accustomed to. It’s a study in major social changes. As the author observes in his forward, he and others were dislocated by the collapse of authority when the USSR ended and hoped to find order and a better way of life. As you read further into the book you see the past still governing the characters' lives even though they discount it. Only at the end do any of the characters find their version of the order they are searching for.
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  • Gary
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2016
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    Good read and interesting characters
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  • Nancy B
    3.0 out of 5 stars Adventure, suspense and insight into life in 1990s Russia
    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2016
    This book gives a lot of insight into the lives of those who go exploring the vast regions of Russia. There is suspense and adventure. The reader gets a real feeling for the size of the country also.
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  • hixsong
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good insight into post USSR Russia
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2016
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    Interesting read, it provided many insights into the philosophy of non-western thinking. You never quite know what is fiction or the authors actual experience, I liked to read it as more of a biography, imagining that each of the events actually took place.
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  • Pete M.
    4.0 out of 5 stars From Conrolled lives to Chaotic Freedom
    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2016
    If you would like to know what it felt like for Russian citizens shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Crater is the read for you. Since the author lived through this experience, he weaves his thoughts and feelings into a interesting, suspenseful novel. You can feel the chaos and uncertainty of life through the characters as their lives have moved from a controlled lifestyle to unpredictable freedom. For the American reader, the characters of Crater will give you a different way of seeing life. - Peter Menconi, author and life coach
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  • William Blazek
    5.0 out of 5 stars Adventure, suspense, drama, romance, introspective human insight.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2017
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    What more can you want in a book!
    A very compelling read.
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  • O'K
    5.0 out of 5 stars Crater starts with deep thoughts about political philosophy and the ...
    Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2016
    Crater starts with deep thoughts about political philosophy and the demise of the USSR. It really gets moving after the helicopter crash on the way to the crater. The book has many exciting events that likely wouldn't have happened in the 1990s USA, but could have or did happen in the USSR amid the near chaos following the dissolution of the USSR. The USSR-born author knows his subject and the mood/politics/culture/geography of the USSR. He has a broad technical background (having graduated from what we understand is the USSR equivalent of the US Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT). And, as a former rock climber, he navigates us toward the group's goal: The Crater.
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  • Kathryn Hoyt
    4.0 out of 5 stars ... American a first hand account of what it is like to survive the Russian environment today
    Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016
    The Author has given the reader and certainly an American a first hand account of what it is like to survive the Russian environment today.  Not much appears to have changed in this very controlling and individually destroying society.  To read this book is to better understand what it is like to be an everyday Russian citizen now, today which leaves no hope in the heart of the people.
    Crater is a very worthwhile read.

    Kathryn Hoyt
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