The Siberia Job, Josh Haven
The Siberia Job, Josh Haven
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The Siberia Job

Author: Josh Haven

Narrator: Justin Price

Unabridged: 6 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2023


Synopsis

After the demise of the Soviet Union, the newly-established Russian government privatized its industry by issuing vouchers to all of its citizens, allowing them the chance to be shareholders in the country's burgeoning businesses. The slips are distributed among the population and auctions are arranged where they can be exchanged for actual shares. For the country's rural populations living in abject poverty, the vouchers appear to be little more than pieces of paper, totally separated from the far-off concept of potential future fortunes.

But for Texas businessman John Mills and his Czech companion, Petr Kovac, the seemingly-valueless chits suggest a lucrative potential, worth much more than what the current owners are willing to sell them for. They travel to the furthest, coldest reaches of the country to acquire vouchers for the country's national oil company, Gazneft, roving from town to town with suitcases full of cash. But they quickly learn that the plan has complications—for example, the fact that the auctions at which these vouchers are traded for actual shares have been planned at the most remote, inaccessible locations possible to deter outsiders from buying in. And when the Russian mafia and the oligarchs in charge of Gazneft catch wind of their successes, the stakes become suddenly more deadly.

About Josh Haven

Before publishing his first novel, Josh Haven was an art critic for magazines and newspapers in the US and Europe and an astrogeophysicist who solved the Saturn-Hyperion density/porosity problem. His seafaring adventure novels are published under the name J. H. Gelernter, and Fake Money, Blue Smoke is his first crime novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathleen on June 07, 2023

I am not much of a fan of anything to do with Russia but let me tell you, this book piqued my interest from page one. Written based on true events. The book starts in 1994, right after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia started handing out vouchers to the people so they could have shares in busine......more

Goodreads review by Dan on September 08, 2023

This is a financial book and story about Russia, murder, money, it's edgy and thrilling. Thoroughly enjoyed. Should have been boring but, it kept going from just after start to finish. As it's based on reality it's an amazing story.......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on October 02, 2023

I suppose this is a sort of historical fiction. It's ambiguous, how much is fact, and how much is fiction, which makes the read a little more fascinating. A post-soviet story about two venture capitalists who exploit a recovering Russian society. They buy into companies using government vouchers and......more

Goodreads review by Hayley on May 16, 2023

A thriller full of financial jiggery pokery and Eastern European excesses that romps along most enjoyably without leaving much trace. Apparently based on a true story, American banker John Mills teams up with Czech wheeler dealer Petr Kovac to make a fortune in 1990’s Russia. State companies are bei......more

Goodreads review by Naďa on August 20, 2024

Určitě je tohle pro mě vykročení z mé komfortní zóny. Ale po tragické smrti Petra Kellnera jsem se chtěla o něm už delší dobu něco dozvědět. Petr si hlídal své soukromí na internetu je jen pár střípků, které by nám mohly přiblížit jeho život. A když se mi naskytla možnost přečíst si příběh, který je......more