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Zusatztext "A highly suspenseful page-turner. . . . I hate to use the cliché! but it's true: I couldn't put it down!" Informationen zum Autor Andrew Kaplan is a former journalist and war correspondent. He is the author of the spy thrillers Scorpion Betrayal, Scorpion Winter, and Scorpion Deception, along with his earlier bestselling novels, Hour of the Assassins, Scorpion, Dragonfire, and War of the Raven, and, most recently, the groundbreaking official series tie-in: Homeland: Carrie's Run. This is his second Homeland novel. Klappentext In the frozen wastes of Siberia, a silver artifact is stolen from a dead man . . . In the Middle East, the carefully planned strike on a terrorist leader goes disastrously wrong . . . Two seemingly unrelated incidents have placed the former CIA covert operative-turned-freelance spy, code-named Scorpion, in a desperate position: joining forces with a beautiful woman to prevent the assassination of a powerful Ukrainian politician. But treachery breeds terror in the long shadow of a dangerous Russia, as Scorpion finds himself caught in a lethal trap sprung by an unknown enemy—perhaps someone on his own side of the game. And now time is ticking rapidly away with the whole world balancing on a knife's edge, just days from the opening salvos of a catastrophic war that could leave the earth itself in ruins. Zusammenfassung “Andrew Kaplan represents a gold standard for thriller writing.” —David Morrell! New York Times bestselling author of The Brotherhood of the Rose Espionage fiction is hotter than ever! as evidenced by the phenomenal success of Daniel Silva! Alex Berenson! and Ted Bell—and Andrew Kaplan plays the spy game as well as anyone out there. Following his stunning thriller! Scorpion Betrayal (which superstar author Harlan Coben called! “one of the smartest! swiftest and most compelling spy novels I’ve read in years”)! Kaplan plunges his tough! code-named intelligence operative into the dangerous fray once more in Scorpion Winter . The ex-CIA agent-turned-freelance spy is on assignment in Russia! disturbing a hornet’s nest of assassination and political intrigue that could erupt in all-out global war in this electrifying espionage thriller that will enthrall Robert Ludlum! Brad Thor! and Vince Flynn fans. ...
