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ISBN: | 0553264907 (ISBN13: 9780553264906) |
Edition Language: | English |
Frederick Forsyth
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.06 | 13151 Users | 222 Reviews
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Russia faces famine. The Soviets are forced to pin their hopes for survival on the U.S. But as the KGB and the CIA watch in horror, the rescue of a Ukrainian freedom fighter from the Black Sea unleashes savagery that endangers peace--and plunges leaders from Washington to Moscow into a web of overwhelming intrigue, terror, and suspense. Only two lovers can save the world from nuclear destruction. Yet every way out means certain death, and the countdown has already begun.Point Epithetical Books The Devil's Alternative
Title | : | The Devil's Alternative |
Author | : | Frederick Forsyth |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
Published | : | September 1st 1982 by Bantam (first published 1979) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Spy Thriller. Espionage. Mystery. Novels. Action |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 13151 Users | 222 ReviewsPiece Epithetical Books The Devil's Alternative
Frederick Forsyth novels were a familiar fixture in our household when I was growing up, as both my parents loved his work. He was amongst the first adult reads that I was drawn to at the time. So, my love affair with his books began, and over the years I have read everything hes written- keeping up with any new release/s. As my mother has been in and out of hospital quite a lot over the past year and a half, I am keeping her supplied with books to read, and buddy reading them with her, orThe Devil's Alternative by Frederick ForsythWhat a masterpiece!Though slow in the beginning, I consider myself fortunate to have stumbled upon this book.What homework, what in depth research. This is called dedication(of an author).The book begins with a a castaway Miroslav Kaminsky, is a Ukrainian nationalist who escaped after he was betrayed to the KGB. He is visited in the hospital by Andrew Drake, an Anglo-Ukrainian. The plot to teach a lesson and shame the USSR on a global platform for the
Great plot, filled with mystery & action, could not put the book down until I finished it!
Another political page turner. Shades of today with threatened terroristblow up of oil tanker. Thrilling read.
This one started out reading more as a Tom Clancy-style thriller than the other Forsyth books I've read. All "Soviet-Union-plans-to-overthrow-the-West-using-brute-force-and-only-one-spy-can-stop-him!" sort of thing. Then at the half-way point it got rather interesting and quite tense for a couple of hundred pages. Then it got silly at the end. Shame. I really enjoyed that middle section. Still, a superior writer in the genre. Rated MA for adult themes and some violence. 3.5/5
Nothing except the weather is ever quite what it appears in Russia.
Although a dated novel (first published in 1979), this is still an enjoyable read for Forsyth fans. About the aversion of global war via deft manipulation by players - leaders, bureaucrats, spies - of the then world's political powerhouses of USA, Russia and Britain. Engaging diplomatic and political suspense. Classic Forsyth.
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