Checkmate Run, Allan Alexander
Checkmate Run, Allan Alexander
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Checkmate Run

Author: Allan Alexander

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 10 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 06/30/2015

Synopsis

Checkmate Run is a real-life thriller that chronicles the author’s life as a writer, medical student, and physician in Moscow during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s and his struggle to survive the brutal Soviet regime.Alex Loevsky is a medical student and an inspiringly rebellious poet who becomes enmeshed in a battle against the rampant cruelty of the communist rule, where the simple desire to think freely is a crime on par with treason, and being born Jewish is more than a mere hindrance.When Alex witnesses the murder of a dissident who seeks to expose to the Western world the tortuous reality of life in the Soviet Union, it leads him to the core of the human rights activists’ underground. Alex’s life becomes a death-dealing game of chess, where in order to survive he must remain one step ahead of his ruthless opponent—the KGB’s second chief directorate. The KGB agents are vicious and closing in, and Alex’s odds of escaping are bleak. The inevitable checkmate will either bring him freedom … or death.Checkmate Run is an adrenaline rush of a novel that examines the value and fragility of life, love, and freedom, which most of us take for granted.

About Allan Alexander

Allan Alexander was born in Moscow and grew up in a totalitarian state. He was a published poet by the age of eighteen and beat the odds of Jewish admission quotas by being accepted by the Medical School. His collaboration with an avant-garde literary magazine ended with a six-month, politically motivated incarceration. After his release, he returned to his medical studies and became intricately involved in the Soviet Jewry struggle for freedom to emigrate. In 1975 Alexander, his wife, and their young son left the Soviet Union, arriving in the United States with just a couple of suitcases, a lot of aspirations, and thirty-three dollars in their pockets. Today all three of them are successful practicing physicians in St. Petersburg, Florida.

About Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day’s Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen’s birthday honors for services to drama.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer

Checkmate Run by Alan Alexander is an intriguing story of Soviet Russia during the Cold War. It is a story about one man’s struggle against powers which tried to quash personal expression and ideas that were different than the status quo. The events take place between 1965-1975 as a young man named......more

Goodreads review by Carrie

I was given this book by the author in exchange for an honest review. World War II ended September 2, 1945. Segregation in America ended with The Civil Rights Act of 1964. But the segregation and persecution of Jews by the KGB (Committee for State Security) was going strong through at least 1975. Ch......more

Goodreads review by Victoria

This book left me with several different feelings. It started rather slow but I am extremely glad that I followed through and finished it to the end! This was an amazing story following Alex Loevsky a Russian Jew and his trials and tribulations of finding a way to get out of the country that decided......more

Goodreads review by Mary

Riveting, I couldn't put this book down! An inspiring true story of courage, hope and love in the face of prejudice and oppression. I have had the pleasure of meeting the author, who is one of the most compassionate and kind men I have ever met. I was literally on the edge of my seat while reading an......more

Goodreads review by Scott

What a great story of overcoming struggle, adversity, and prejudice in communist Russia in the 1960's and 1970's. Alexander does a wonderful job of connecting his personal life with the culture in Russia at the time He is an amazing man for undergoing all the struggles described in this book. His abi......more

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