Throughout the centuries, many countries and nations have developed into what they are today. No matter what they had to go through, all countries have some type of history associated with them and it will always be there. Some countries might go through a lot more than others. For instance, the Soviet Union, or now known as Russia, has been through many struggles and hardships that many historians point out to make the country what it is today. David Hagberg authentically illustrates Russia in the 1990’s in his novel Assassin. Published in 1997, the book follows a timeline shortly after the break up of the Soviet Union into a Russia and ten other states. Following the journey of a former CIA agent, Kirk McGarvey, in his plot to assassinate