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The Forsaken by Tim Tzouliadis – Review
The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin’s Russia by Tim Tzouliadis
No TagChristopher Silvester admires a compassionate account of Stalin’s American victims
The year was 1932. Two white American workers at the Ford tractor factory in Stalingrad provoked a fight with a black American co-worker and were expelled from the Soviet Union. They were the lucky ones. Many of their fellow Ford workers in Russia, as well as many other migrants from the US, would end up in Soviet labour camps, where the odds were against their survival.
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Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland – Review
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The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology Edited by Christopher Golden – Review
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The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology Edited by Christopher Golden In his foreword to this anthology (titled ‘The New Dead’ if you’re in the US), Christopher Golden asks his reader what the big deal about zombies is these days. That’s quite a brave move to make considering that the foreword comes just before a whole
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins – Review
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Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games is without question a difficult act to follow. Catching Fire, however, mostly makes the grade, despite some flaws that are largely inherent to its position in the middle of a trilogy. Everything that I loved about The Hunger Games is
Urban Gothic by Brian Keene – Review
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Urban Gothic by Brian Keene Brian Keene can always be counted on for providing a frightening horror novel that scares the hell out if his fans. In many ways URBAN GOTHIC is a thin plotted slasher movie except the characters don’t quite fit as they understand survival means teaming together not wandering alone begging to
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith – Mini Review
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by Tom Rob Smith Last year thriller fans got introduced to Tom Rob Smith with his fantastic debut novel, – introducing us to Leo. With The Secret Speech, we follow on from Child 44 and what happened next. The Secret Speech is set after Stalin’s death and the changes being made in Russia. The story
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith – Review
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The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith The novel benefits from Smith’s weaving of historic events into the fabric of his characters’ lives. The backdrop of the Soviet Union, with its necessary secrecy and inner conflict, makes it easy to connect with the characters. As a thriller, though, it resorts to somewhat formulaic, deus-ex-machina plot
The Defector by Daniel Silva – Review
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The Defector (Gabriel Allon) by Daniel Silva Gabriel Allon has been and continues to be one of the most fascinating espionage agents for years in perhaps the best thriller series on the market in the past decade. Besides his being a powerhouse, the women in his circle like his wife also an agent are also
The Cracked Throne by Joshua Palmatier – Review
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The Cracked Throne by Joshua Palmatier This is an interesting fantasy book, but I don’t know where to shelf it. It’s not a quest. The first was a survival and create a spot for oneself in a cruel world. This book has quite a bit of that feel. The character struggles with personal relationships; sometimes
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith – Review
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
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