A murderous cult has emerged from the tunnels of Moscow’s underground, seeking vengeance through a series of grisly killings. But revenge for what? The police officer responsible for protecting the Second Subway is Agent Brezhov of the Federal Security Bureau. Assigned to track down trespassers at any cost, he leaves his two young sons at their mother’s deathbed. Now responsible for the care of his younger brother, Alexei is devastated by both his mother’s death and his father’s obsession with work. He clings to his mother’s Slavic pagan faith in Svetovid, the four-headed god who sees all. At school, Alexei befriends Kristina, an orphan who is being abused by her adoptive parents. Together, they begin to explore Moscow’s hidden tunnels. They find allies among the Diggers of the Underground, a group devoted to uncovering the secrets of the Second Subway. They also encounter a band of homeless street children who live in the abandoned metro station beneath the Bolshoi Theater. Bringing an unlikely sect together in the name of Svetovid, Alexei and Kristina set out to punish the families who have wronged them. They know they must risk everything to get justice for themselves and their siblings. Each of the conspirators will give their families one last chance to make amends. But is it too late? As Agent Brezhov struggles to make sense of the bloody crime scenes and catch the perpetrators, Alexei prays to Svetovid that his father would look just a little closer to home.

Sixteen-year-old Peter Greenfield didn’t want to go to Moscow. When his Foreign Service officer parents are called on an emergency mission to Russia, he is left with little choice but to get dragged along. The trip starts off with Red Square, the Kremlin and the sights of the city – what any tourist would expect. Then an anti-government protest breaks out. His parents run toward the unrest – along with him. Lost in the body crush, separated from his parents and his American passport, Peter is rescued by a band of teenagers: children fleeing broken homes and struggling to survive on their own in Moscow’s subway system. Unable to return to the US embassy, Peter must now throw in his lot with the band of homeless youth who have taken him in. Reluctant, and unable to speak Russian at first, he begins to discover Moscow’s secret underworld as he grows closer to his newfound friends, including a resolute but caring girl named Tanya. Together, they face the indifference, hunger, and corruption that are a part of life for Russia’s street children. Life or death could hinge on outsmarting a former member of their gang turned politically powerful enemy, and breaking into some of the Russian government’s most heavily fortified facilities. As Peter and his friends fight to live another day, he begins to question whether Peter Greenfield still exists, or if he will ever be able to leave behind life on the streets of Moscow.

A desperate band of Russian street kids has been forced to flee their hideout in Moscow’s Second Subway. Totally unprepared to survive in the sub-freezing countryside, they have only one hope: to reach a hidden Slavic pagan sanctuary called The Lake. Peter Greenfield no longer thinks of returning to his former life as the pampered son of American diplomats. Now known as Pyotr Bolshoiov, his more immediate problem is to survive the brutal Russian winter and keep his new family of “small homeless” together. Katya, a glue addict from an impoverished Siberian family, may be the key to the group’s survival. The secrets hidden in her family tree could also make her a threat to the Russian government’s hold on power. She must outwit a ruthless agent of the Federal Security Bureau, who will stop at nothing to take his revenge on Katya, Pyotr and the rest of their bunch. Stranded in the cold and shunned by heartless villagers, they have no choice but to trek eastward. A chance encounter with a group of international tourists on the Trans-Siberian Express could bring the help they so urgently need – or deliver all of them into the hands of the FSB. Katya’s stubborn Siberian spirit will be tested, not only by the elements, but by the sinister forces vowing to make Katya, Pyotr and their friends disappear.

A disgraced American journalist has arrived in Moscow to search for her missing brother. But after seven years on the streets and on the run in Russia, Peter Greenfield doesn’t want to be found. Still in hiding with his gang of street bums, Peter now has a wife and daughter to protect. Forced to flee a Slavic pagan camp, they’ve found refuge in a Moscow basement. But they can’t escape the family secrets that make them a threat to the most powerful man in Russia. TV reporter Molly Greenfield and her cameraman join forces with Syerozha, the former street rat now attending Moscow State University under a false identity. Molly’s hunt for Peter will take them into the darkest corners of post-war Chechnya, as they struggle to stay one step ahead of a rogue Russian security agent on a personal vendetta. As the secrets behind shifting alliances and the horrifying real reasons for Peter’s disappearance into Russia’s underbelly surface, Peter and his gang’s options start to dwindle to nothing. They are forced return to the underground left with one final card to play. A card that could win their freedom—or bring them and entire world to the brink of destruction.

Peter, Katya and their gang of former street bums have finally taken power in the Kremlin. Or have they? As they train to assume new roles at the head of government, they quickly find themselves sidelined by President Putin and his allies. Their enemies will stop at nothing to make life miserable for the former street rats, now struggling to adjust to new lives in luxury apartments under constant surveillance. Still holding the codes to launch Russia’s nuclear arsenal, Peter and Katya must claw their way to real power before the political enemies they are due to replace can run out the clock and take back control. No one can be trusted, as the lives of their friends and families remain under threat from the network of major oligarchs that supports Putin. Aleksandra, the government minder who has been assigned to prepare Katya for coronation as Tsarina, has her own agenda to bring them down. Outwitted and outnumbered, they become fugitives once again. Their last remaining hope may lie in a semi-abandoned genetic testing facility in Abkhazia. Hidden powers and historic vendettas will be revealed; the truth behind the interconnected bloodlines from Russia’s past could offer a possible lifeline. But first, the former street kids must battle their own demons if they are to use what they’ve discovered to change the society that has wronged them all of their lives – and take final control of its future.

Katya has been crowned Tsarina of all the Russias, but she can’t escape her past as a drug-addicted teenager living on the streets. To repair her public image on the world stage, she embarks on her first official state visit to the European Union. Pyotr is by her side as president of the Russian Federation. But his leadership in the Kremlin is being tested by sinister forces that threaten topple their already-fragile hold on power. Žan has grown up in desperate poverty, digging through trash in Moscow’s city dump. He stumbles upon a diabolical plot to kidnap and torture an innocent girl who may be Pyotr’s missing daughter. As the royal family arrives in Brussels for a diplomatic showdown, Žan will make a mad dash through the most violent conflict zones in Russia’s border regions, pursued by a rogue platoon of paramilitary troops. No one can be trusted, as the EU’s Covert Action Service calls the Russians to a summit meeting behind the secure gates of a NATO base. The Americans mediating the talks have their own secret agenda. Tsarina Katya, President Pyotr and their gang of former street bums will need to form unlikely alliances to outwit scheming diplomats and secure their hold on power before it’s too late.