(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

First published in 1997, Glenn Meade’s first internationally bestselling thriller is back and better than ever, as it takes you on a riveting ride into the heart of a Cold War plot to assassinate Joseph Stalin.
It’s 1953—the middle of the Cold War. Joseph Stalin is a major threat—with his deteriorating mental stability, reports that he’s about to resume his horrifying purges, and the Soviet Union on the cusp of developing nuclear weapons, it’s a risk the US government is unwilling to take. Operation Snow Wolf is created to eliminate Stalin before it’s too late.
CIA agent Jake Massey is chosen to run the operation and he recruits Alex Slanski—AKA Wolf—to do the deed, along with Anna, who recently escaped from a Soviet gulag, to be his guide.
But someone knows their plan, and the KGB have dispatched their own deadly Major Yuri Lukin to hunt down the hunters. As circumstances quickly unravel, Jake must somehow put an end to the mission he had set into motion—before the entire situation explodes into World War III.

I read a lot of WW2/Cold War espionage stories in the late-90's / early 2000's - and Glenn Meade was one that I really remember enjoying. His novel, Brandenburg was one I was telling friends about for months after reading it. I did read this not long after and didn't remember it having the same effect on me...

And I was right. While this story is rich in historical detail and character but, for me, the biggest issue I had with it was the plot - in particular, the near-miss after near-miss in the action sequences became quite predictable and lost any form of suspense pretty early.

A perfectly decent novel that could have done with being 50-100 pages shorter.


Paul
ARH

Completely not what I expected. I thought this was Christian Fiction but it contained cursing, so I did not finish the book...