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The red eagles

David Downing

2014305 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2014
first published
  • 2014ENGISBN 9781908699961
  • 2015Soho Crime · 305 pages · ENGISBN 9781616955991
  • 2015Thorndike Press · 365 pages · ENGISBN 9781410479853

World War II is nearly over. For the Russians, the enemy is no longer Nazi Germany, but the American behemoth that threatens to topple the Communist revolution. Deep within the walls of the Kremlin, Stalin's top man hatches a brilliant plan that will alter the course of postwar history--and it's all based on a deception as simple as the shell game. Five years later, an atomic bomb detonates deep within the borders of the Soviet Union, stunning the experts who had predicted that Russian science could not produce such a devastating weapon for at least another generation. The Red Eagles traces the adventures of two spies, Jack Kuznetzky and Amy Brandon, as they track down the most deadly force in the world while hiding their true allegiances and intentions from their compatriots. They are the "red" eagles, sent to America by one of its enemies to steal the greatest secret of all: the key to producing the atomic bomb.

How it feels

AtmosphereBleak

How it reads

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent

When and where

ThemesWar

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  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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