Concertmaster

Year 1947. Medical worker Lyudmila Gudkova steals morphine from the hospital for her friend, composer Alexander Lapshin. Year 1951. Major of the MGB Appolinariy Otpyvalov is arrested as being involved in the activities of an enemy of the people, former head of the MGB of the USSR Viktor Abakumov, but is soon released without explanation. Year 1974. The security organs of the USSR uncover a network of distributors of anti-Soviet literature in the city of Vladimir. Year 1985. Pianist Arseniy Khrapovitsky rings the doorbell of his own apartment, where he had not dared to appear for over ten years. How are these events mysteriously connected? How to overcome oneself and keep the light within when surrounded by darkness? The novel "Concertmaster" by Maxim Zamshev explores these questions and much more.