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1986: The site of Chernobyl is still as dangerous as ever…
Wolves Eat Dogs
What you need to know before your trail
The iron curtain has fallen and a screen of nouveau capitalism stands in its place. Though the New Russia is foreign to Renko, the corruption and brutality that he encounters are all too familiar. The seeming suicide of one of Russia’s new billionaires leads Arkady Renko to Chernobyl and the Zone of Exclusion, the still radioactive site of great catastrophe – a spectral netherworld populated by the corrupted, the obstinate and the reckless.
Travel Guide
Chernobyl
On April 26th, 1986 the number 4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded after a planned test shutdown went dramatically wrong. what followed was one of the worst disasters in history -so much radioactive material leaked out into the atmosphere causing cancers and more. The phrase “Chernobyl Necklace” refers to the horrific ear-to-ear scar worn by those who had to undergo thyroid cancer surgery.
This is a dark dark world and most of the action centres you right at the heart of the exclusion zone. This is a cold and eerie place. Unforgiving and cold. Raw and visceral. Deadly.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Wolves Eat Dogs
Author/Guide: Martin Cruz Smith Destination: Chernobyl Departure Time: 1986
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