Putin At The Gates
COMING SOON
Behind the familiar story of the fall of the Iron Curtain lies another possibility.
A fictional hidden struggle unfolds against the collapse of the Soviet world, drawing a rising Vladimir Putin into an imagined chapter of history far from the places where the world expects to find him.
A Geopolitical Thriller by Timothy Burton Anderson
About the Novel
The Cold War was ending. The Soviet Union had collapsed. Across the world, governments and intelligence agencies were adjusting to a new political order.
But what if the familiar account of those years left something out?
Putin At The Gates explores a fictional struggle surrounding the collapse of Soviet power and the less-documented years of Vladimir Putin’s early career.
Set against the uncertainty of the early 1990s, the novel imagines a hidden conflict in which intelligence operations, competing political interests and decisions made far from public view could alter the course of history.
In this world of shifting loyalties and uncertain alliances, the official account is only part of the story.
Blending Cold War history, geopolitical intrigue and suspense, Putin At The Gates asks what might have been happening beyond the record while the world believed an era was ending.
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History Leaves Questions
The dissolution of the Soviet Union marked a turning point in world history. Institutions disappeared, old alliances changed and new centers of political power began to emerge.
For a novelist interested in the relationship between governments, intelligence and power, that period offers a compelling setting.
Putin At The Gates takes inspiration from the uncertainties of that historical transition and explores them through fiction.
Where History Meets Imagination
The novel imagines a scenario involving Vladimir Putin’s early career and events that unfold beyond the familiar historical narrative.
The story is fiction. Its imagined events, conversations and conflicts should not be treated as an account of what actually occurred.
Timothy Burton Anderson draws on his interest in history, law and political power to explore the possibilities that arise when the public record leaves unanswered questions.
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About the Author
Timothy Burton Anderson is a practicing Utah attorney and author whose fiction draws on law, political systems and historical events.
His writing examines what happens when established institutions are tested by ambition, conflict and uncertainty.
