Synopses & Reviews
Finn is a veteran MI6 operative stationed in Moscow. In the guise of an amiable trade secretary, he has penetrated deep into the dangerous labyrinth that is Russia under Vladimir Putin to discover some of its darkest secrets, thanks to a high-level source deep within the Kremlin.
The youngest female colonel in the KGB, Anna is the ambitious daughter of one of the former Soviet Union's elite espionage families. Charged with helping to make Russia strong again under Putin, she is ordered to spy on Finn and discover the identity of his mole.
At the dawn of the new millennium, these adver-saries find themselves brought together by an unex-pected love that becomes the only truth they can trust. When Finn uncovers a shocking and ingenious plan—hatched in the depths of the Cold War—to control the European continent and shift the balance of world power, he and Anna are thrust into a deadly plot in which friend and foe wear the same face. With time running out, they will race across Europe and risk every-thing—career, reputation, and even their own lives—to expose the terrifying truth.
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"An exceptional novel by any standard; readers who enjoy a love story mixed with their espionage (
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“Prescient . . . [Red to Black] depicts a frightening and ruthless Russia, which answers to nobody.” The Economist
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“Terrifying, quite frankly . . . chillingly unputdownableeverything you didnt want to know about Putin but were afraid to ask.” Emma Thompson
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“Alex Drydens brilliant and unforgettable novel has told me more about the making of modern Russia than I could learn from all books of journalism and contemporary history combined...nothing short of miraculous.” Stephen Fry
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“Dryden has written a superb spy novel....the warning bell that “Red to Black” sounds against Putins Russia has a powerful ring, especially when it turns to the KGB.” Richmond Times-Dispatch
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“An exceptional novel by any standard; readers who enjoy a love story mixed with their espionage (
Synopsis
“Red to Black has more in common with the elegantly paced books of John le Carré than it does with Ian Flemings James Bond novels. But readers who appreciate a healthy dose of real-world worries in their spy novels wont complain.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gorky Park for the Putin era, Red To Black by Alex Dryden could have been ripped from recent headlines. At once a spy thriller, a love story, and a chilling look at a dangerously resurgent superpower, it is a masterful work that Stephen Fry calls, “Brilliant and unforgettable….Nothing short of miraculous.” Welcome to the New Russia.
About the Author
Alex Dryden is a writer and journalist with many years of experience in security matters. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Dryden watched the statues of Lenin fall across the former Soviet Union. Since then he has charted the false dawn of democracy in Russia as the country morphed into the world's most powerful secret state. Dryden's knowledge of the secret world in this new and growing East-West conflict has informed both Red to Blackand Moscow Sting.