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“There are but two types of people: sheep and wolves.”
The year is 1993. In a deteriorating industrial town, an out-of-work Soviet Navy veteran takes a job as a director in a Russian juvenile prison colony. In the face of acute hardships, he strives to make a positive change in the lives of his young wards. But his will is tested by the corruption around him that is fueled by inexplicable hatred and the negligence of people around him. Eventually, Vasily Mikhailovich sees the riches awarded to those who abandon their moral codes, and becomes faced with an unconscionable choice to save his own family.
Arthur Velker-Pankov was born in Omsk, Russia. Experiences of growing up in post-Soviet Russia before emigrating to Europe, at the age of nine, have provided inspiration for his work. He has reported for a number of Irish news titles and his literary work has appeared in Mulberry Literary, The Taborian and Blue Earth Review, among others. Going to Zossen is his first novel.
The year is 1993. In a deteriorating industrial town, an out-of-work Soviet Navy veteran takes a job as a director in a Russian juvenile prison colony. In the face of acute hardships, he strives to make a positive change in the lives of his young wards. But his will is tested by the corruption around him that is fueled by inexplicable hatred and the negligence of people around him. Eventually, Vasily Mikhailovich sees the riches awarded to those who abandon their moral codes, and becomes faced with an unconscionable choice to save his own family.
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Arthur Velker-Pankov was born in Omsk, Russia. Experiences of growing up in post-Soviet Russia before emigrating to Europe, at the age of nine, have provided inspiration for his work. He has reported for a number of Irish news titles and his literary work has appeared in Mulberry Literary, The Taborian and Blue Earth Review, among others. Going to Zossen is his first novel.
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