(W) Andrea Chalupa (A) Ivan Rodrigues (CA) Alexandra Fastovets. Can the unrelenting power of truth expose one of Stalin's greatest crimes to a world that refuses to bear witness? From journalist and screenwriter Andrea Chalupa (host of the hit podcast Gaslist Nation and writer of Orwell and the Refugees: The Untold Story of Animal Farm) and artist Ivan Rodrigues* this powerful new historical graphic novel reexamines the bravery and tragedy that first thrust Ukraine in the international spotlight in the years before World War II. In the early 1930s* Gareth Jones is a young journalist with powerful connections after a groundbreaking interview with Adolf Hitler and his chief propagandist* Joseph Goebbels. This notoriety gains him permission to travel to the Soviet Union for a potential interview with Joseph Stalin. Jones hopes to learn more about the Soviets mass economic gains but finds himself stonewalled and trapped in Moscow. While looking for a way out* he meets new allies that alert him to the growing man-made famine* or Holodomor* happening in Ukraine under the government's guidance. Jones* seeking the truth in all its ugliness* embarks on a journey of discovery* strife* and a cover-up of the deaths of millions of people.
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