Consider My Servant

About the Book

Consider My Servant moves between a destitute Ukrainian village and the glittering opulence of St. Petersburg, Russia of the 1880's.  It's a book about private fears, anger and love.  It's a book about duplicity, murder, conspiracy and passion.

Jonah and Zeena Chernov are twins who find themselves floundering in the currents of historical events beyond their comprehension.  And because they are not schooled in the ways of duplicity, they become brutalized trying to negotiate their survival.   Each is a heroic figure, albeit a reluctant one.  At times they react well, at times despicably, but they act, because not to act will lead to destruction.

About the Author

Leonard H. Berman lives with his wife, Toby, in Voorhees, New Jersey. After retireing from the New Jersey State Department of Education in 1996, he began a second career as a teacher and writer. The responses to the characters and events in his first novel, Consider My Servant, were so positive, he chose to continue the saga of the Chernov family, taking them from Europe to America.