As the Russian people face starvation, the Politburo is faced with a hard choice: negotiate with America for food, go to war for national survival, or deal with an uprising in the motherland. Through an informant, British Agent Adam Munro learns that the situation is growing dangerously tense, with powerful forces in the USSR maneuvering for supremacy.
But even as East and West conduct delicate talks, events spiral out of control and threaten to undo every step taken. The world's largest oil tanker is hijacked by terrorists, and a Ukrainian "freedom fighter" is rescued in a bloody catastrophe on the Black Sea.
From Moscow to Washington, the stakes grow ever more perilous as the mad actions of a few threaten to engulf the entire world in nuclear war--unless Munro can stop them.
"...this lesser-known work is my favorite. A brilliant story of espionage, intrigue, and betrayal, it’s a weighty novel with terrific action and a deep look at the ethics of espionage."
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@bendreyfuss Frederick Forsyth wrote this in “The Devil’s Alternative” (1979). Ironically, the hijackers’ cause was to free Ukraine from the Soviet Union. And, yes, it would make a great movie.
Free thought lives.
“It might seem odd to recommend a thriller by a British author as a source of information about the ancient enmity between Russia and the Ukraine, but Frederick Forsyth is no ordinary novelist and his books are not ordinary novels.” https://t.co/gyiaSM70Dl
"When it comes to espionage, international intrigue, and suspense, Frederick Forsyth is a master."--The Washington Post Book World
"Forsyth is truly the world's reigning master of suspense."--Los Angeles Times
"A many-layered thriller...and Mr. Forsyth wraps it all up with a double-whammy ending that will take even the most wary reader by surprise."--The New York Times Book Review
"An enormous plot that builds unfalteringly, a staggeringly well-detailed international thriller that shows him in blazing top form."--Kirkus Reviews