Hastings Zwei

by Alfred Coppel

Eine Weltmacht läuft Amok. Die Amerikaner lösen eine Krise aus, die den Westen ernstlich bedroht. Und liefern damit den Sowjets die Möglichkeit, die Nato zu sprengen und die Weltrevolution durchzusetzen. Der Countdown läuft, nichts kann ihn unterbrechen.......

Genres: Thriller

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel was an American author. He served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After his discharge, he started his career as a writer. He became one of the most prolific pulp authors of the 1950s and 1960s, adopting the pseudonyms Robert Cham Gilman and A.C. Marin and writing for a variety of pulp magazines and later "slick" publishers. Though writing in a variety of genres, including action thrillers, he is known for his science fiction stories which comprise both short stories and novels.

Reviews

[Harry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although this is a Cold War spy novel, don't expect to find James Bond. There doesn't seem to be any one central character. Just a lot of political maneuverings by the U.S., United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. If there is a hero, it might be American Colonel Robert Brede or General Henry Dracott. The most interesting character, Paul Bruckner, seems to be modeled on Henry Kissinger.