Anathema: From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

At 3 his Father died and he and mother moved to Moscow. By 10 he was enrolled at the Second Moscow Military High School and there his interest in literature began. The Alexander Military Academy followed and two years later he was a sub-lieutenant and posted to an Infantry Regiment for a further four years.

Despite his duties he was a now a keen writer and published his first short story at this time. His military ...