Black Sun - Grand Format

1961. Hidden deep within the forests of central Soviet Russia is a place that doesn't appear on any map : a city called Arzamas-I6. Here a community of dedicated scientists, technicians and engineers are building the most powerful nuclear device the world will ever see — three thousand times more devastating than Hiroshima. But ten days before the bomb is to be tested, a young physicist is found dead.
His body contains enough radioactive poison to kill thousands. The Arzamas authorities insist it's suicide. But KGB Major Alexander Vasin's bosses are alarmed by what's going on in this strange, isolated place. Vasin must test his wits against some of the most brilliant minds in the Soviet Union — eccentrics, patriots and dissidents who, because their work is considered to be of such vital national importance, have been granted the freedom to think and act, live and love as they wish, In Arzamas, nothing can be allowed to get in the way of the project.
Not even murder ... Intricately researched, cunningly plotted and brilliantly told, Black Sun is a fast-paced and timely thriller set at the height — and in the heart — of Soviet power.