The book highlights the emotional play between spies and their respective countries as well as been a decent fast paced read that will make you just set there and read .

I Think that it would make a great summer movie blockbuster . If I won the Powerball I would fund its making

Completely unrealistic but a decent fast paced read if you are casting about for a thriller. This might make a better movie than it did a novel. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

A globe-trotting contemporary spy story that isn’t too troubled by plausibility or practicality, in which The Hero is square-jawed and manly; his beloved is glossy, gorgeous, stunningly intelligent and wealthy beyond the reach of avarice, and there’s an international conspiracy which only The Hero can confound with his Russian manliness. He is of course a ‘good Russian’ in that he wants to adopt the American dream and live out a high-tech life with his unfeasibly fabulous girlfriend… but first he must complete one last job for the FSB and confound the evil machinations of the dastardly Chinese intelligence agencies (boo, hiss, etc).
The result is a by-the-numbers ‘thriller’, reminiscent of the Roger Moore era of Bond films. It’s serviceable but uninspiring. It would pass a couple of airplane hours at a pinch, but Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon series are much more engaging (even the most recent ones which have veered into fantasyland somewhat).
5/10

I enjoyed this middle of the series, the hiding from his government in our country is a great twist too. Enjoy

Great book. I enjoyed reading it. Techno thriller about US, Russia and China in modern day cold war. Yuri Kirov is a spy torn between two countries. The plot is fast paced. The book highlights the emotional play between spies and their respective countries. I wish the book had gone on a few more chapters to resolve the ending better.