The Kamchtka Incident
I don’t actually know anyone in law enforcement — at least not the kind who chase fugitives across state lines or interrogate suspects under flickering fluorescent lights- but it didn't stop me from trying to write about my new characters, Ksnenia Starikova, an MVD (Ministry) Captain, and Nikita - a Major of Justice in the (Committee) SKR- set in Kamchatka, Russia. The MVD is a sort of Russian equivalent to the local police here, and the SKR is more or less an equivalent to the FBI. Not exactly the same in terms of what they do but similar, and why I imagined a unique case where these two entities decide to cooperate. The FSB is also mentioned in my story, wich is more or less like the CIA here. The story begins in the capital of Kamchatka—Petropavlovsk —but outside the city, it is a wilderness unlike any I've ever studied. It's hard to describe, but it's one of the wildest, most primitive, and most mysterious places I've ever come across. Nope, I haven't been ...
