A fast paced fun read. Action starts right away and keeps going through the whole book. Second book in the Alex Martel series. You can read this without having read the first. The US and Russia are heading to war but everything is not what it seems. Alex gets dragged into it and finds the truth.

A fun read and look forward to more books in the series and by the author.

I was grateful to receive an early copy of this book from NetGalley. I hadn’t yet read the first Alex Martel novel, it had heard good things and wanted to get the series going. I feel like I was handicapped a little starting with this one first as I had to quickly get up to speed with the characters and history from the first novel.
But once I was comfortable, the story progresses excellently. Good characters, classic protagonist with their flaws, dilemmas and in this case, two masters that she wants to satisfy.
Alex is torn throughout the novel with her decisions, not wanting to upset one person, but knowing what she really wanted and needed to do.
This story has the typical end of world quandary, it goes about it in a fresh way. Until the reveal, you are not sure who is behind what and the writing makes you guess and be wrong a couple of times.
Good writing and a story that grabs you until the end, with twists and turns.
I look forward to finding the first novel to read it now.

An incredibly riveting action read with tons of thrills and twists to keep you turning the pages. Steve Urszenyi keeps you entertained with a formidable protagonist kicking ass with tactical and technical authenticity.