Polar Star

Crime Action Fiction

Author: Martin Cruz Smith

On psychiatric rehabilitation in Siberia, Arkady Renko is exiled on Polar Star, a Soviet factory ship which trawls the freezing waters from Siberia to Alaska. His movements are being shadowed by those who know his past. Then Renko is given a chance to regain his freedom…..Read More

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