A novel, which brings together serf and master, Cossack and tsar, priest and Jew in a family saga which unrolls through centuries of history to reveal the mysterious land...Russia.

He has no past. And he may not have a future. The international bestseller from 'the world's most read writer' [GQ], now a najor film starring Matt Damon,

In the fall of 1940, Stephen Metcalfe, the son of a prominent American family, is a well-known man in occupied Paris. He's also an asset to US secret intelligence in Europe. Through a wild twist of fate, it falls to Metcalfe to instigate a bold plan that may be the only hope for the free world.

The devil comes to Moscow wearing a fancy suit. With his disorderly band of accomplices - including a demonic, gun-toting tomcat - he immediately begins to create havoc. Margarita discovers that her lover has vanished in the chaos. Making a bargain with the devil, she decides to try a little black magic of her own to save the man she loves.