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The Cold War conflict, history, and military confrontations are part of history. The history of the Cold War is glimpsed through the telling of a family story, starting from a pogrom in the Crimea in 1905, and the travels of two brothers: one to the United States and the other to St. Petersburg. The conflicts of the Soviet Navy with the US Navy are told through the actions of these two families who don't know of each other's existence. Technically accurate about the spies, military intelligence, and history of the Cold War, the novel is woven in the United States and Russia from 1905 through the early 1990s. How the two branches of the Russian family re-connect is compelling.

Unknown Connections

Unknown Connections is a compelling saga of men struggling to preserve the freedom of their respective countries that spans seven generations and the entire 20th century. After their parents are butchered in a pogrom in 1905, Isaac and Noah Shmurak leave Russia. The brothers abandon their religion and their names to establish new lives in new lands. Although they never meet again, the lives of their descendants are strangely parallel, although in different countries. Follow these families through the triumphs and tragedies of the Russian Revolution, World Wars I and II, and the Cold War. How does the Shmurak legacy climax in the development of the Russian and American submarine forces, and what is the meaning of a photograph of a Jewish bride and groom taken in 1880 have for two admirals—one Russian and one American? Unknown Connections weaves a rich tapestry of history, adventure, and once classified naval technology to bring the saga to its exciting conclusion.