December 15, 2020 the premiere of Mateusz Kuśmierek’s novel “A Woman from the East” took place. We are very pleased that we could support the author in the release of this title.
The book can be ordered HERE
“Woman from the East” is a crime story set in the near future, a sensational spy novel, sometimes a comedy, and even a romance, but most of all a story about a woman who becomes an element of the political game at the highest levels of world power. They are also stories of people who accidentally get involved in this game. And the background of this political fiction is, on the one hand, the bomb attack that took place in Krakow on December 23, about which supporters of jihad are suspected, and on the other – the intensification of tension between Russia and Ukraine. And it is there, in the east, on the border of these countries, two weeks earlier, the daughter of the Russian foreign minister is kidnapped. The body of one of the hijackers found on the spot leaves no doubt as to the origin of the perpetrators …
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Neither of us fully understood this. We have become part of her story. We got involved in it, and we didn’t even know how extraordinary it was, how complex it was. Kidnapped, daughter of a minister, victim, purpose of the mission. A handful of facts, excerpts from conversations, a network of understatements. Plus the impression that fate has connected us with someone special. And that’s it. There is little man, not much woman. Like watching a museum exhibit through the glass of a showcase, communing without knowing. Our maneuvers, on the other hand, were like circling in a maze when it was desirable to see it from a bird’s eye view.
We risked our lives every day for such an intriguing enigma.
For the shade.
You kill out of love, out of revenge, in self-defense, out of the need for heroism, out of fear or for profit. We were killing, hoping, at best, that it was worth it, that the meaning would come with time. And yet the key to getting to know the essence of our actions was to know their cause. Discovery of a shadow-casting creature.
About the author
Mateusz Kuśmierek (born 1991) – Graduate of journalism at the Jagiellonian University, founder and vocalist of the rock-lyrical band Antynomia. In 2016, he published the detective story “Stories of Death”. Since 2019, he has been publishing poems, serial novels, columns and songs on the author’s website www.whiskyzcola.com. From July 2020, he conducts broadcasts on Radio Nowy Świat. He lives in Krakow.