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published
October 17th 2004
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Mass Market Paperback, 528 pages
isbn
0312990685
(isbn13: 9780312990688)
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Moscow-a city under siege by hardcore Communists threatening to plunge the country back into Stalinist darkness. Into the heart of the firestorm, Amer...more
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This book enthralled me early on. It struck me as spy/espionage at its best. The writing is detailed but not too observational. The pace is fast while still providing substance. Most importantly, the plot was intriguing.
But unfortunately, much of it fell flat half-way through the novel. Nothing changed, except that the patterns of the author became apparent. *Minor spoiler* Every time the main character tries to do something undercover, his cover is blown. That's interesting the first time,...more
But unfortunately, much of it fell flat half-way through the novel. Nothing changed, except that the patterns of the author became apparent. *Minor spoiler* Every time the main character tries to do something undercover, his cover is blown. That's interesting the first time,...more
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Read in September, 2007
Although this book was only written in 2003, it feels dated. The story follows Stephen Metcalfe, a young American playboy thrown in to the world of European espionage prior to the US's entry in WW2. Metcalfe flips between Paris, Moscow, and Berlin in an attempt to find secrets, love, and possibly start (and conversely stop) a war. Interspersed throughout the book are flash forwards to an older Metcalfe who is helping to broker a deal to bring a resolution to the Cold War. Maybe its just tha...more
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Read in January, 2008
Good WWII story from the Russia (Stalin)and Germany (Hitler) perspective, with a little American spying thrown in. I liked the story, but I caught myself skimming over entire paragraphs at times, the story just seemed to be too wordy. The end threw in a curve and then just was over - I didn't like that so very much.
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Read in June, 2008
I usually really like Robert Ludlum books, but this one was set during WWII in France, Russia and Germany. It was hard to follow characters, names, places, etc. The storyline was good, but it took way too long to get through.
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Read in August, 2008
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Ludlum fans
This was an interesting read as Russia was moving in on Georgia. I'm not completely up on my WWII history, but it appears one conference depicted in Moscow is entirely fictional. I guess it needed to work for the book.
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Read in May, 2008
I have always been a fan of Lundlum, and he's even kept up his writing after his death. Go figure. This is another one of those good sitting-on-the-beach page-turning spy novels with not much else to say about it.
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Read in September, 2008
I liked this story. most of the book takes place during world war II so you kind of know he is able to escape the dangers but they are still interesting to see how he is able to get away.
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Read in October, 2008
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As always Ludlum keeps you on your toes - your characters are in and out of scrapes that you can't figure out how they got out of them. This is for an WWII buffs.
Loved the twist.
Loved the twist.
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It was a good book but I found a couple of plot holes. I was willing to overlook them for the story. Neat ending.
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Too similar to all his other books to be incredibly entertaining. Maybe I'll try reading it again later...
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Read in May, 2008
Hard to follow at the beginning but it opens up into a fun spy novel about World War II.
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Read in February, 2007
A great spy/international thriller keeps you on the edge of your seat.
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A very boring novel. I can not understand how I managed to finish it.
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Read in January, 2006
A tad long, but worth it. I like Ludlum a lot.
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Read in July, 2007
ahhhh, the mindless plunge into spy schlock.
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