The Things We Bury
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Last published Mon, Nov 3, 2025
Alexei Sokolov arrives in 1990s New York expecting honest work for his uncle's nightclub.
What he gets instead is the Russian Mafia.
Violence becomes survival.
Fear becomes power.
The quiet war veteran transforms into one of the most feared men in Brighton Beach.
But the higher he climbs, the more he buries:
his trauma, his guilt, his love... even parts of his humanity. And when the empire collapses, everything he tried to bury comes back to destroy him.
A story of power, loyalty, love, and karma.
"Everything you do in your past to justify your future ...will be what destroys you."
This is the rise and fall of Alexei Sokolov.
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