Book description
On a visit to Ukraine to retrieve a family heirloom secretly buried
by his grandfather during the Second World War, Yaroslaw, a
Ukrainian-Canadian university student, stumbles into a world full of
spies and secret organizations, peril and political intrigue.
His discovery of the hidden cache yields clues to the location of a
fabled lost treasure-the greatest in all Europe. Working against time,
Yaroslaw and a small band of accomplices struggle to uncover and save
a nation's heritage, operating in secret to prevent the corrupt
leaders of the governmentand the Russians-from stealing it.
Yaroslaw's Treasure is a thrilling suspense story set
against the gripping drama of the Orange Revolution, the 2004 popular
uprising that saw hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets
in Ukraine to overthrow a corrupt government and reinforce democracy
in a land long occupied by repressive and foreign regimes.
Rich with history, romance, politics, and danger, Yaroslaw's
Treasure superbly captures the wonders and horrors of Ukraine's
past, swirls through the treacherous currents of its present politics,
all the while providing entertainment as a first-rate thriller.
" Historically accurate and well researched-from the sacking
of Kyiv, through the 1940s wartime episodes, into the Orange
Revolution-Petriw displays a very good grasp of the political
goings-on in Ukraine. This drama of delightful realism will be enjoyed
by many."
-Bohdan Onyschuk, Chair, Canada Ukraine Foundation
MYROSLAV PETRIW is a lifelong student of the history and politics of
Ukraine, from which his parents emigrated after the Second World War. He
was an observer during the 2004 elections in that country. He resides in
Vancouver.
