An explosive spy thriller of international intrigue and espionage...Soviet Nuclear engineer, Colonel Zelta Rensky plans to use Operation Code Name Rustler - the high jacking of the US nuclear submarine, Alabaster - to defect. Lied to by the Director of the CIA he works for, her brother, Joseph Rendman a senior field agent, thinking his sister was killed during WWII, foils her attempts to escape Russia and Minister Karenev who exploited her expertise and sexuality for political gain. Her quest takes Colonel Rensky on a treacherous chase from Moscow to Cuba and back again as she comes to find love with a like-minded Russian doctor, Vassily Sovosky, and together they work frantically to outwit the KGB, Cuban Military Intelligence, and, before it's over, even the CIA. With US war plans, shocking family secrets, hidden guerrilla outposts, an impending expatriate invasion and a sunken sub carrying nuclear missiles at stake, this lightning paced action and adventure tale expertly interwoven together with a powerful love story shocks and satisfies. "When they coined the phrase "page-turner," they must have been thinking about CODE NAME RUSTLER. Sipple and Wolstenholme have written a novel so compellingly realistic, I wondered if it was a true story. This book is a ticket into a terrifying yet irresistible world of intrigue and love." -Jonathan D. Scott, author of LENEGRIN
Code Name Rustler is a wonderfully, gripping tale of 1960's espionage that will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen to Zelta next. Think along the lines of Tom Clancy but from a different perspective. If you like a military thriller then I would definitely recommend this book.