From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival -- and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime.

During the Nazis' brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet...

A tour de force of imaginative storytelling from the critically acclaimed author of City of Thieves andThe 25th Hour and co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones
In When the Nines Roll Over, David Benioff (The 25th Hour, City of Thieves) uses humor and rich characterizations to explore the sometimes thrilling, sometimes pathetic emotional lives of a diverse set of characters. Over the course of eight stories, we are introduced to a host of young people on the cusp of discovery and loss. As he evokes the various states of agony and...

Four months into the siege of Leningrad, the city is starving. 17-year-old Lev has been arrested for looting. Along with his charismatic cellmate, Kolya, Lev is given a choice - find a dozen eggs for an NKVD colonel, or face execution.

Vom erfolgreichen Drehbuchautor zu einem der grten jungen Erzhltalente AmerikasDavid Benioff legt mit STADT DER DIEBE ein modernes Meisterwerk vor, einen fesselnden Abenteuerroman und zugleich die Geschichte einer ungewhnlichen Freundschaft zwischen zwei jungen Mnnern, die eine irrwitzige Aufgabe zu erfllen haben: Im belagerten, ausgehungerten Leningrad sollen sie ein Dutzend Eier auftreiben.