Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Altar Girl | 2015 | Orest Stelmach | Buy |
| 2 | The Boy from Reactor 4 | 2011 | Orest Stelmach | Buy |
| 3 | The Boy Who Stole from the Dead | 2014 | Orest Stelmach | Buy |
| 4 | The Boy Who Glowed in the Dark | 2014 | Orest Stelmach | Buy |
| 5 | The Treachery of Russian Nesting Dolls | 2017 | Orest Stelmach | Buy |
The Nadia Tesla series by Orest Stelmach begins with The Boy from Reactor 4, where Nadia, a forensic accountant of Ukrainian descent, travels to Chernobyl after learning she may have a living relative. What starts as a personal quest quickly turns into a fight for survival against dangerous people who want to keep old secrets buried.
Over five books, Stelmach expands the scope of Nadia’s world. She moves between New York and Ukraine, dealing with organized crime, Cold War conspiracies, and questions about her own family’s past. The Altar Girl, published in 2015, shifts the focus slightly by putting Nadia in the middle of a murder investigation at a Ukrainian church. Each book works as a thriller on its own terms, but the series rewards readers who follow it from the beginning.