After learning Russian by accident, David's career took an unexpected direction.

Based in Russia just before the USSR collapsed, then later a regular traveller to Moscow, he witnessed the coup, the chaos and the construction of the new Russia.

Sometimes comical, often scary, occasionally tragic, but never dull. David relates the highs and lows of his life in Russia, doing business in one of the most aggressive and fast-moving business climates in the world. He leaves nothing out in this frank, sometimes brutal summary of his life over these years, including the clashes between his business and family lives and the impact on his health and that of his family. Until one day, after 40 years of work, it all came to a hard stop within 90 minutes.

Something had taken place which would make all that went before quite mild by comparison. Something dark and life-changing.