Postwar Intrigue

Harold Kellner has learned how to survive in the Soviet Union. Now he must learn how to survive knowing its secrets.

The war may be over, but Harold's extraordinary journey is far from finished.

At eighteen, Harold Kellner is already a Soviet officer, an accomplished pilot, and a gifted linguist fluent in multiple languages. As the adopted son of powerful Political Kommissar Bayan Godunov, he has enjoyed opportunities few young men could imagine. But in the Soviet Union, opportunity often comes with a price.

Godunov quickly recognizes the value of Harold's unusual abilities. Translators occupy a unique position in the corridors of power. They hear conversations others are never meant to understand, learn information before it becomes public, and can move between worlds that remain closed to almost everyone else.

Soon Harold's talents carry him deeper into a dangerous world of political maneuvering, intelligence gathering, secret assignments, and divided loyalties.

But power in Moscow is never secure.

When Godunov's own political ambitions place him in danger and force him into hiding, Harold must begin building a future independent of the man who has guided his life since the war. His path will take him far beyond Moscow, from intelligence work in Hungary to dealings with private banks in Switzerland and, eventually, into the orbit of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

With every new assignment comes greater access, greater responsibility, and greater risk.

Harold has already discovered that survival sometimes requires compromise. Now he learns an even more dangerous lesson: information has power, and some secrets can never safely be shared.

As Harold moves through the shadowy world behind the Iron Curtain, he must protect not only himself, but the friends and family who could pay the price for what he knows.

How much can one man know before the truth itself becomes dangerous?

Postwar Intrigue is the second and final book in The Kellner Chronicles, continuing the remarkable story of Harold Kellner and his life within the Soviet system. Based on a true story, it follows a man whose experiences carried him into places few outsiders would ever see, and whose most dangerous secrets remained untold even to his lifelong friend, Karl Veth.

Perfect for readers who enjoy historical fiction inspired by true events, Cold War intrigue, Soviet history, espionage, political suspense, and extraordinary lives shaped by the aftermath of World War II.