elle chaika

hey there! i'm elle, a russian litertature student by day and historical fiction writer by night.be sure to scroll down and check out my most popular soviet-inspired fiction! ⚘


VIKTOV LIVES!

Everyone knows Zenith, but nobody knows how the band managed to rock Zerkovkia's youth into starting a social revolution... until now.Tolya Viktov is coming of age in the 1980s to the tune of spinning records, cheap liquor, and Zerkovkia's nine year war with neighboring Blivdova. The perms and denim jackets are hip, but it's the underground music he's most excited about. By the time he reaches university, his lyrics are inspiring freedom and peace and his talent has helped him break through on the student musician scene.Tolya, a duo of genius guitarists, and a bandless drummer soon come together when a producer realizes the key to achieving radical change in Zerkovkia is getting them to make music. What happens next is the stuff of legend and a whole lot of love, revolution, and rock and roll.

NOVYYE SAINTS

A HEIST GONE WRONG.
A GANG SHATTERED.
Volya Angelov, known by the public as the Priest for his cult-like following, knows how to make a deal and take what's rightfully his. He and his criminal prodigies have siphoned Gorod Krestov's wealth for years and are slowly draining the city's slums with their profits.Yet when he is arrested and shipped off to an island prison, his empire is left to his closest ally, Mysh, a girl who stands a mere five feet. It's up to her to manage what he's left behind and decide whether or not the syndicate should be risked for his life.But with demons from a haunting past and sinister characters converging all around her: can Mysh pull it off?


SCREAM, NIGHTINGALE, SCREAM

WHAT'S MORE COMMON IN WAR: LOYALTY OR BETRAYAL?April 1944. After so-called liberation from both the Nazis and the Soviets, Ukraine remains a battleground between resistance fighters and the ruthless Soviet secret police working to break them at all costs.Amidst the chaos, Taras Savaryn, an apathetic cavalry captain, gets roped-in to stealing morphine for his unit commander. Out of spite, he decides to bring along Vika Yeryomenko, a quick-witted sniper, with the secret hope she'll be able to restore his faith in Ukraine's fight for freedom.But soon enough, the mission reveals itself to be simply suicidal and Taras finds himself trying to reverse his decision... and atoning for all others.