Answering God's Call

Tatyana Belayev: an agent of the Lubyanka Military Intelligence Directorate who operated in the shadows of a fierce espionage war, and a death row inmate sentenced to execution for the crime of murdering her superior. “I’ll arrange a spot for you, so head over to Litten. Defect.” “Are you telling me to abandon my motherland?” “Did you ever have any loyalty to begin with, comrade?” “No. I didn’t.” From a young age, she had endured grueling training and been used for biological experiments; she had done everything the state asked of her. If the result of all that was a framed murder charge and an execution, surely a little betrayal was permissible. “Good. There is one condition for your...