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The Great Game
Paperback
Series: The Adventures of Sklifosofsky, Book 2
FantasyMystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 29 2026
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Diplomacy is a circus. Intelligence is a farce. And the fate of global logistics relies on... cyber-flies, Odesan hustlers, and an immortal spirit in a portable box.
When the global balance of power collapses, MI6, USAID, and competing world empires turn to the ultimate secret strategist: Professor Sklifosovsky-a centuries-old genius spirit housed inside a high-tech brown box.
In VOLUME 2 of the acclaimed absurdist satirical saga (combining Book 3: The Ukrainian Gambit and Book 4: Architects of the New World), the Professor and his team of Georgian engineers, Odesan schemers, and ambitious operatives embark on their most outrageous campaign yet.
From secret bio-labs in Odesa breeding cyborg hoverflies with neural controllers, to high-stakes diplomacy in Istanbul, shadow negotiations in Washington, and acoustic experiments using Alaska's HAARP and Greenland's ice fields, Sklifosovsky aims for nothing less than absolute control over the world's maritime trade.
As David, a brilliant Georgian-American politician, finds himself dragged from the halls of the Ukrainian Parliament into a web of international lobbyists, double-crossing secret services, and a chaotic romantic quadrangle, he must navigate the shifting tides of Trump's truth, Biden's schemes, and Sklifosovsky's grand Arctic Symphony.
Rich with sharp geopolitical satire, Odesan wit, high-tech absurdity, and deeply human reflection, The Great Game is a masterclass in modern political farce-proving that even in an age of AI and super-weapons, reality can still be saved by a pipe wrench, a sense of humor, and a warm bowl of borscht.
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