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Cargando... Volk's Shadow: A Novel (2008 original; edición 2008)por Brent Ghelfi (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The story drags a bit but the characters are so intriguing you have to keep reading. ( ) This is the sequel to "Volk's Game" that I read a couple of weeks ago, and I thought it was noticably better than the first book. I read it over a period of about 10 days, often putting it down for several days at a time. For me, this was a bad idea. This book is a fast-paced thriller that has lots of characters, several intersecting plots, and many references to people and places outside their original context. I was easily confused if I let too much time pass. In this book, Volk, a veteran of the war in Chechnya, is involved in several investigations - the kidnapping of a young Moscow girl, the disappearance of one of the famous Fabrege eggs, the systematic and brutal killing of Russian soldiers who had been involved in a particular incident in the Chechen war, and the bombing of the Moscow office of an American oil company where the daughter of a US Senator had apparently been taken hostage. Coincidently, all these threads lead him to the same location in Chechnya, where he must confront his own nightmares. A good but not great book. Read "Volk's" Game first. I think that’s probably the best word to describe the novel: hammers. Everything hammered me. And if you like bone-crunching action soon to be found in the latest straight-to-video Steven Seagal movie you’ll be pleased. Otherwise, not so much. (Full review at my blog) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesAlexei Volkovoy (2)
The headquarters of an American oil company hemorrhages chemical-pink smoke into the Moscow night, the aftermath of an apparent terrorist attack. A Russian army captain carrying a priceless Faberge egg and digital evidence of horrific wartime atrocities is murdered and relieved of both these prizes. And in the snowy mountains of southern Russia, a terrorist named Abreg--who once held Volk captive in a Chechen mud pit--hatches a plan to lure him back into his grasp. Volk's Shadow finds Colonel Alexei Volkovoy--covert agent of the Russian army and major player in the Moscow underworld--once again struggling to stay afloat in the swirling currents of Russian political and economic intrigue. This time, however, he is without his sidekick and lover, the ethereal Valya Novaskaya. Aching for the soul mate he pushed away, Volk begins to doubt himself, becoming even more detached from the brutality of his actions. When he takes out his inner pain on the wrong man, he gains a powerful enemy in the highest reaches of the Kremlin, and only after he travels back to Chechnya to eliminate his old nemesis, Abreg, is Volk's debt finally repaid. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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