Best friends Eva and Nika haven't seen or spoken for ten years, but now they're finally reunited—and forced to immediately go on the run. On the long journey from Rostov-on-Don to Vladivostok, they'll face FSB agents, gangsters, inclement weather, disease, hunger, and—most terrifying of all—their own past.

Kira Yarmysh is a writer, Yulia Navalnaya's press secretary, and a longtime ally of Alexei Navalny. She is the author of the novels "Incredible Incidents in Women's Cell No. 3" and "Harassment." "Not Far From Here" is Kira Yarmysh's first book published outside of Russia. This novel is both a farewell to her homeland and a declaration of love for it.