Books - Anne M Kennedy
The City of Winds is a series of five books set in Baku, Azerbaijan, spanning the years 1890 – 1920.
Book 1 – The Baku Inheritance available October 2024.
The first book follows the treacherous path of Anton Sabroski as he returns home to Baku to find everything he loves has gone. Father dying, the family oil business in ruins, friends missing, surrounded by enemies from the past and present, his only hope of survival is to trust a woman who resents his very existence.
Book 2 – The Caspian Amulet available 2025.
Book 3 – The Crystal Serpent available 2026
Book 4 – TBA
Book 5 – TBA
Background to The City of Winds series
During the nineteenth century, Baku was part of the Russian Empire and ruled by the Tsars. It was a turbulent and dangerous time. Baku went from being a small fishing village on the edge of the Caspian Sea, to being a wealthy oil city with an eclectic population of Azerbaijanis, Russians, Armenians, Americans and Europeans. This change in wealth and population brought prosperity, diversity and beauty, but it was mixed with greed, corruption and violence. From the horrors of the working conditions on the oil fields to the splendours of the oil baron palaces, Baku became a city of contrasts, a city of ethnic rivalry, and ultimately, a city ripe for revolution.