Twelve Days in Ozerki An Unknown Object, A Soviet Village, An East–West Threat

"This gripping, fast-paced novel will keep you at the edge of your seat. An unidentified flying object lands in a small Russian town. A fearless American journalist is determined to find out why it is there. Russian bureaucrats will stop at nothing to keep it a secret. A lineup of men show up with ambiguous loyalties and intentions. The mystery turns into a thriller. Love blossoms in unlikely places. At the heart of it is a small town, full of life and hope, sprouting under the shadow of "the Old Man."
Written by a Russian and American duo, the novel shows textures of daily life with empathy, keen observation, wry wit, and ease. Several decades in making, the story feels as fresh and relevant today as on the day of its first draft. Loosely set the 1980s, it brings forth perennial themes of Russia's politics: secrecy, suspicion, unchecked power, and survival. It also reads like a fable, a metaphor for the changes to come." — Yelena Lembersky, finalist for 2022 Indie Book of the Year and National Jewish Book awards

Ruth Daniloff was born in Norfolk, England in 1935 and was educated in England and Scotland. Now based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she lived and worked in Moscow, Russia, during the 1980s, where she was a correspondent for "Peace News" and "Variety." Her overseas journalistic career was largely based in Russia, and she has written for " The Washington Post," "Smithsonian Magazine," the "Los Angeles Times," the "Chicago Tribune," and many other publications.


Zinovy Yuriev was born in Chasniki, Belarus in 1925 and moved with his family to Moscow in the late 1920s. During WWII, he volunteered to serve in the Soviet Army. About a decade after his military discharge in 1946, he began contributing to the satirical magazine "Krokodil" (Crocodile) and was employed for over 20 years in the publication's international humor department. In addition to this work, he began to write humorous books in 1960 and expanded to science fiction stories by the end of that decade. He published over 20 books before his death in 2020 and was an early recipient of the Aelita Award, the top Soviet science-fiction literary prize, in 1982.