{"product_id":"deadly-bonds-five-years-inside-the-ukrainian-mafia-9781538187036","title":"Deadly Bonds: Five Years Inside the Ukrainian Mafia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe thought the nightmare was over, but nearly twenty years later, \"the most terrible Mafioso in Ukraine\" was back. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not just a memoir but a confession. In 1994, author Sergey Maidukov accepted an \"exciting business offer\" from Samvel Martirosyan, later renowned as one of the most brutal and indomitable leaders of the Ukrainian Mafia. Maidukov quickly discovered that his job as \"president\" of a newly created business was actually a front for Mafia activities. Despite regular attempts to extricate himself, he was told that it was too late in no uncertain terms. Thus ensued five adrenaline-fueled years in a long-term apprenticeship with the Mafia underground. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeadly Bonds: Five Years Inside the Ukrainian Mafi\u003c\/i\u003ea provides a deep look at the Mafia family that dominated the twentieth century post-Soviet state and how it brewed conditions of economic, political, and moral catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSergey Maidukov \u003c\/b\u003eis a Ukrainian writer who has sold tens of thousands of copies of his published books in the countries of the former USSR, such as Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and the Baltics. Widely recognized in Western Europe for his intimate knowledge of the criminal world, he worked for twenty-two years as a commissioned writer for the largest publishing houses in Ukraine. His first book for the Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield, \u003ci\u003eLife on the Run\u003c\/i\u003e, received praise in the esteemed \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and Marcel H. Van Herpen, a security specialist in the post-Soviet states, endorsed it as well. Maidukov's political articles have been published in various US magazines, including \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911857705234,"sku":"9781538187036","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_848b8315-7834-449f-aa06-33cfe4898f76.jpg?v=1738757941","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/deadly-bonds-five-years-inside-the-ukrainian-mafia-9781538187036","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}