(2025) The Lady of The Mine by Sergei LEBEDEV

The Lady of the Mine by Sergei Lebedev. Genre: Fiction. Publication Date: 2025.

This novel, set in a small Ukrainian mining town in July 2014, follows the intertwined lives of three individuals connected by a shared past:

• Zhanna: A young woman grappling with her mother's recent death and the unsettling secrets she left behind.
• Valet: A former resident returning to his hometown as a pro-Russian militia member, seeking power and revenge.
• General Korol: A high-ranking Russian official drawn back to the town to confront a mystery he failed to solve decades ago.

Their lives converge around Shaft 3/4, an abandoned mine shaft concealing a horrific secret from World War II: the mass grave of thousands of Jews. The novel explores themes of memo ...