This was an intriguing book.
Russia
as we know it today but slightly skewed.
The Russian people have set up a commission to decide who will be
brought back as Tsar. The decades of
Communist rule have failed and the hope is that a return to an autocratic
monarch will inspire the people and save Russia .
The author makes liberal use of the prophecies of
Rasputin. In the afterword he notes that
they may have been made or fabricated by his (Rasputin's) daughter. An American attorney is identified as the
Raven and a Russian circus performer is identified as the Eagle. These two are prophesied to bring the
Romanov's back to the throne.
The author puts a wealth of action and a fair number of
history lessons in the book. The plot
is intricate but not confusing. The
book provides an answer to the mystery of the murder of the Romanov's at the
beginning of the Bolshevik revolution, or at least the author's fictional
answer.
I recommend the book.
Web: http://steveberry.org/
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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