The Crimson Tide: A Novel

In the bleak winter of 1917 Russia, the country teeters on the edge of collapse. Red and White forces clash, foreign diplomats scramble, and the streets of Petrograd echo with the frantic footfalls of refugees and spies. Into this turmoil steps Estridge, an American Red Cross operative whose ordinary mission to aid the sick has tangled him in a web of arrests, accusations, and ever‑shifting allegiances.

One chilly evening he encounters a mysterious, sharply dressed stranger who offers a way out. Together they plot a daring escape, boarding a rattling night train that threads through checkpoints manned by armed soldiers and wary officials. As the landscape blurs under a veil of snow, Estridge must navigate a maze of suspicion, keeping his wits about him while the train carries him toward an uncertain destination.