Return to Babylon

Set in Chechnya, Return to Babylon is a plot-driven psychological thriller based on a true story, presents an emotional tale about a man who lost his reason to live, but found the strength to get it back. Brain-washed at a young age, 26-year-old Anvar, has experienced more than most in his lifetime. After being wrongly accused of murdering his stepfather, he escapes from prison with the aid of Chechen colonel, who sends him to militant camp in Pakistan. Anvar carries out assignments for the world's criminal elite including the colonel who formulates a plan to secure funds for a coup to free Chechnya from Russian domination. Angry and confused after making life-altering discoveries, Anvar rebels against terrorist's ideologies and puts his life in jeopardy after he refuses to follow orders to kidnap the son of a wealthy Siberian woman, Tatiana with whom he falls in love.

Arkady Povzikov was born in Leningrad of the former Soviet Union. He started writing at a young age, and by his twenties he had published poems in various Russian literary magazines. He immigrated to Canada in 1973 and his first book Goodbye to Nevsky was published in Toronto in 1990. His second book The Purpose was published in Moscow in 2006, followed by the English version in 2009. His third book The Thirteenth Apostle based on the true events came out in 2010 and was also picked up by Peoples Literature Publishing House in China. Return to Babylon is the sequel to his last book. He currently lives in Toronto with his wife and two sons.