Synopses & Reviews
“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.
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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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“Terrifying, quite frankly . . . chillingly unputdownableeverything you didnt want to know about Putin but were afraid to ask.” Emma Thompson
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“Prescient . . . [Red to Black] depicts a frightening and ruthless Russia, which answers to nobody.” The Economist
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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 (
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“An exceptional novel by any standard; readers who enjoy a love story mixed with their espionage (
Synopsis
A veteran MI6 undercover operative stationed in Moscow, Finn has penetrated deep into the dangerous labyrinth that is Putins Russia to discover its darkest secrets. The youngest female colonel in the KGB, Anna has been ordered to spy on Finn and discover the identity of his source.
At the dawn of a new millennium, these two adversaries are bound together by an unexpected love that becomes the only truth they can trust. Now they must risk everything to expose a chilling and ingenious plan devised during the Cold War years to control the European continent—a deadly plot in which friend and foe wear the same face.
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 Black and Moscow Sting.