There’s an old saying that Russia without corruption isn’t Russia. Alexey Navalny refused to accept this proposition. His stubborn insistence that Russians can defy the stereotype and create an entirely different country has made him such a threat to President Vladimir Putin that the Kremlin wanted him exiled or dead. Here, foreign corresponden David M. Herszenhorn weaves together the threads of Navalny's remarkable life and worl. Riveting and complex, this book introduces readers to Russia's greatest and most effective agitator, a man so willing to sacrifice his freedom—and even his own life—to build the country he wants to live in and hopes to pass on to his children.