A Soviet history graduate expected to wake up in a hospital.

Instead, he opens his eyes in 1925 as Yakov Dzhugashvili, the eldest son of Joseph Stalin.

He already knows how this story ends, and it isn't pretty.

In a country where failure is fatal and loyalty is never enough, the safest place isn't far from Stalin's shadow, it's directly beneath it. Armed with knowledge of history, industry, and modern warfare, Yakov sets out to become the one person his father cannot afford to lose.