A Plague on Both Your Houses

In A Plague on Both Your Houses, bestselling author Robert Littell weaves a gripping narrative set against the backdrop of the Soviet Union's dramatic collapse on Christmas Day, 1991. As the Russian mafia rises to fill the power vacuum, fierce rivalries erupt, particularly between Moscow’s Jewish mafia and the Ossete vory v zakone. The story follows Yulia, the daughter of a Jewish mafia leader, and Roman, the son of an Ossete godfather, as they navigate their perilous, star-crossed love amid the turmoil of the city’s brutal gang wars. This novel captures a tumultuous period in history while exploring themes of love and destiny in a world fraught with chaos.