Summer 1946. Marshal Zhukov is in dis favour. He has been sent into exile in Odessa, where life is made unbearable by thieves, murderers and extortionists, whilst a brazen, ruthless gang known as the ‘Steppe Wolves’ has taken to raiding military depots. And pulling the strings is the elusive German spy ‘Academician’, whose face no one has ever seen. Only David Gotsman, head of the criminal investigation department, and Georgy Zhukov can save the city. They devise a complex and dangerous operation…
