By Joel C. Rosenberg
Rosenberg’s 2nd out of 4 Marcus Ryker book picked up where The Kremlin Conspiracy left off and does not disappoint!
This thriller “tracks a terrifying nuclear alliance among three world powers―Russia, Iran, and North Korea―and the deadly mission former US Secret Service Agent Marcus Ryker must risk to halt their deadly strategy.
Shot out of the air in enemy territory in the middle of the greatest international crisis since the end of the Cold War, former U.S. Secret Service agent Marcus Ryker finds himself facing an impossible task. Not only does he have to somehow elude detection and capture by Russian special forces, but he must convince his own government to grant safe harbor to the one man responsible for the global mayhem―Russian double agent and assassin Oleg Kraskin. While frantically negotiating with his contacts in the White House, Marcus learns that the unstable North Korean regime plans to use the international chaos as a smokescreen to sell nuclear weapons to Iran. With the fate of the entire free world on the line, Marcus makes a deal with the U.S. government―he will go back to work as an international operative and track down the WMDs before they end up in the hands of those with the determination and the means to use them. Marcus and Oleg worked together once before to avert a world war. Can they now find a way to stop world destruction?
This is my third Rosenberg fiction book and it is clear the 1st two were not a coincidence in being good, engaging, clean and incredibly real. Rosenberg, in my opinion, has “street cred” in his knowledge on international affairs and pays attention to detail to make sure it is as accurate as it is suspenseful and fun to read. I highly recommend!