George Zavershinskiy was born in the north of Russia, in Severodvinsk, lived in Moscow until he moved to Ireland for nine years. Then he lived in Edinburgh for ten years, and now lives in Dublin.
George started his career as an engineer-physicist, a researcher in the field of nuclear reactor control. After the tragedy of Chernobyl, he changed his views and began to study theology and philosophy. Becoming a priest, he was sent abroad. George published several books on theology, and then began to write novels, while continuing to serve as a priest.
Amid Cold War tensions, a gifted nuclear physicist – poised to become the future father of new weapons – shockingly gains religious faith. Seeking to confess this revelation, he enters the priesthood, finding purpose but facing myriad trials.His startling 1970s conversion from secret Soviet weap...