The Pravda Messenger: A Novel

The Pravda Messenger: A Novel

In 1825, Czar Alexander I of Russia was buriedâ€”but many did not believe that the body in the coffin was that of the czar. Rather, they believed that he had slipped away in disguise and was walking the roads of Russia as a humble monk.
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In 1975, a Russian named Yuri and his adolescent daughter Tanya approach a Soviet-era monastery in Leningrad, where an ancient tomb is openedâ€”inside is the ancient, dessicated body of a monkâ€”and a golden snuff box is removed and given to them. Tanya has a special giftâ€”the Pravda: she can always recognize when someone is telling her the truth. But Soviet soldiers arrive, and Yuri is wounded and captured. Tanya flees.
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Seven years later, Tanya is living in Colorado on a goat farm, but her ability as an investigatorâ€”aided by her Pravda giftâ€”has already proven useful to the local sheriff. Then the Bible of the Bell Messenger comes into her life, and all of the mysteries and dangers of her past life erupt again: the golden snuff box, the identity of the monk in the coffin, the location and welfare of her fatherâ€”and Tanya embarks on a world tour, partly fleeing, partly kidnapped, partly in an effort to solve the mysteries herself. Will Tanya, now in her late teens, be able to discern which of the new people who enter her life at his point can be trusted? Will she fulfill her destiny as the girl with the gift? And how will the Messengerâ€™s Bible help her?
Country USA
Manufacturer Howard Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2009-09-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781416549840

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Howard Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2009-09-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781416549840

The Pravda Messenger: A Novel

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