title: The Winter's Hero : A Novel
author: Vassily Aksyonov
description: In this sequel, Boris and Yolka, the grandchildren of Dr. Boris Gradov, struggle to find themselves in the aftermath of World War II. Boris, who has just returned from occupied Poland, seeks to recapture his lost youth by becoming a playboy and racing motorcycles. Along the way he meets Vasily, <a href="/exec/obidos/Author=Stalin%2C%20Joseph/${0}">Stalin</a>'s son, and then decides to attend medical school. Meanwhile, cousin Yolka, a beautiful music student, inadvertently attracts the fancy of the lecherous head of the secret police and is abducted. Boris convinces Vasily to intercede with his father for her release. To complicate matters, Dr. Gradov ends up in jail, a victim of Stalin's machinations. Stalin's death provides an unexpected catalyst to the family's fate.
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  # Seasons After Fall
  
  
  ### A Post-Apocalyptic Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Reginald Linsao
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Reginald Linsao
  
  
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  This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters, and incidents
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  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.html#3Q280-51777f8d4f7143b4931aa685dc691647)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0005.html#4OIQ0-51777f8d4f7143b4931aa685dc691647)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0006.html#5N3C0-51777f8d4f7143b4931aa685dc691647)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0007.ht