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  1. Rec 11

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    Under the watchful eye of President Nikiforov, the small Baltic country of Galkechnia has made a fortune selling invasive military technology. Then, on a nearly bloodless morning, Nikiforov’s reign comes to an abrupt end. But revolution gives way to bureaucracy. A war crimes trial exposes national traumas, and a messy, prolonged regime change forces personal secrets out of hiding. As the trial falters, and a vacuum of power expands, eight citizens must decide for themselves what the future of their country holds.

    Told across a decade via interconnecting narratives, from Karina, estranged daughter of the dictator seeking to free her family from its bloodied name, to Max, an agender would-be political assassin who must weigh vengeance against the opportunity for a new life, and Dounia, an Afro-Russian expat politician whose hunger for power previously denied to her tests her legacy, DACHA is a speculative drama about tyranny, family, and moral compromise.

    (BIG content warnings for transphobia, homophobia, war, and stupid convoluted politics that I think anyone who actually cares about international relations or political theory would have a hard time reading without cringing to death. )

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    21 Sep 2026

  2. Rec 7

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    "… The gardens are quiet at this hour, aren't they?"

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    The hours the Sovereign and Oliver spent together, hidden away from everyone within the gardens of the Tower... Hands were bound to wander.

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    14 Sep 2026

  3. Rec 38

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    The sheet which had previously covered the reflective surface of Yesod’s bathroom mirror sits on the sink counter. The white fabric meticulously folded, given all the deference and respect that a ritual of this magnitude deserves.

    Yesod stares into it and slowly begins to unbutton his shirt. He makes it three buttons in before stopping dead in his tracks.

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    12 Sep 2026

  4. Rec 3

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    “That morning, when the bonfires were lit and the convicts were raising their ghastly pleas to the indifferent inquisitors, a white dove came down from heaven and perched on the shoulder of a prisoner, where it stayed until it burned with him.”

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    08 Nov 2025

  5. Rec 2

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    “Febrile as he was, he hardly noticed someone had sat down next to him. A gentle hand patted a white cloth on his forehead; it was a fabric of the utmost softness, which allowed light through it as if it were a sheet of paper, and was soaking his feverish sweat and providing such relief that he couldn't help but fall asleep. When the cloth was soaked, the nun got up and handed it to the Mother Superior, adding: "With this, we'll be able to have his confession."”

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    08 Nov 2025