Rasputin's Bastards

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

ALEXEI KILODOVICH — A spy who remembered

FYODOR KOLYOKOV — A spy who loved too much

LENA — A spy who adored life

BABUSHKA — A spy who disdained death

JEAN KONTOS-WU — A diligent spy

VASILI BOROVICH — A spy who dreamed badly

THE KOLDUN — A spy who slept quietly

RICHARD [REDACTED] — A spy who broke

MILES SHUTE — A spy repurposed

ILYICH CHENKO — A spy who made his fortune in real estate

TANYA PITOVOVICH — An associate of Chenko’s; a spy who is good at it

STEPHEN HABER — A talentless orphan

HOLDEN GIBSON — A terrible father

HEATHER [REDACTED] — A rebellious daughter

JAMES [REDACTED] — A recalcitrant son

LEO MONTASSINI — A man in who fell into mystery

GEPETTO BUCCI — His boss

AMAR SHADAK — A purveyor of arms and collector of submarines

KONSTANTINE UZIMERI — A “submarine guy”

VLADIMIR — A baby, filled with too much wisdom

ZHANNA — A girl, filled with too much love

DARYA ORLOVSKY — A shopkeeper of surpassing beauty

PAVEL ORLOVSKY — Her father, who stopped killing without regret

NIKOLAY TROLYNKA — A fisherman

MAKAR TROLYNKA — His son