Tsar: A Thriller

Tsar: A Thriller
by Ted Bell

Tsar: A Thriller
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Author: Ted Bell
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-23
ISBN: 1416550402
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Atria

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Book Review: A New Cold War
Summary: 5 Stars

What if an embittered Russia had the ability to destroy virtually any location on earth, without warning and without the possibility of retaliation? That's the scenario presented by Ted Bell in his newest book Tsar, a tense and well-crafted action thriller that sucks the reader in further and further with each turned page.

Tsar pits a group of English and American agents against the impending threat of a rebuilt Russia, hellbent on expanding its borders to their previous, Cold War boundaries. Leading the West are the English Alex Hawke and the American Harry Brock, and leading the Russians is Ivan Korsakov, a man who secretly pulls the strings in the Russian government and who yearns to bring the Tsarist era back to Russia. Korsakov is also the inventor of the Zeta computer, an extremely advanced computer that also costs mere hundreds of dollars, allowing worldwide distribution to millions upon millions of people. What nobody knows, however, is that each Zeta contains a small bit of explosive and a remote signal that connects back to Korsakov's main detonator. And without getting too much into the plot's intricacies, that should give you an idea of the threats at stake.

Tsar begins with a series of seemingly unrelated scenes, but as the book goes on and the pieces fall together, the reader becomes further engrossed as more and more connections are made. The characters are pretty well developed, from Hawke himself to the newly-minted mega celebrity entertainer Fancha, who plays a larger part than initially expected. Each chapter ends more or less with a cliffhanger, and because the chapters are all relatively short (probably on average 10 pages or less), the book flies by. However, the short chapters do not at all compromise the plot or pacing of the novel, as the plot comes together quite perfectly at a pace that is fitting to the reader.

If you are a fan of thrillers, this may be the book for you. I ordered it not knowing anything about it or Ted Bell, and would enthusiastically recommend it to anybody who finds my review even passingly engaging.

Summary of Tsar: A Thriller

Swashbuckling counter Spy Alex Hawke returns in New York Times bestselling author Ted Bell's most explosive tale of international suspense to date.

There dwells, somewhere in Russia, a man so powerful no one even knows his name. His existence is only speculated upon, only whispered about in American corridors of power and CIA strategy meetings. Though he is all but invisible, he is pulling strings -- and pulling them hard. For suddenly, Russia is a far, far more ominous threat than even the most hardened cold warriors ever thought possible.

The Russians have their finger on the switch to the European economy and an eye on the American jugular. And, most importantly, they want to be made whole again. Should America interfere with Russia's plans to "reintegrate" her rogue states, well then, America will pay in blood.

In Ted Bell's latest pulse-pounding and action-packed tour de force, Alex Hawke must face a global nightmare of epic proportions. As this political crisis plays out, Russia gains a new leader. Not just a president, but a new tsar, a signal to the world that the old, imperial Russia is back and plans to have her day. And in America, a mysterious killer, known only as Happy the Baker, brutally murders an innocent family and literally flattens the small Midwestern town they once called home. Just a taste, according to the new tsar, of what will happen if America does not back down. Onto this stage must step Alex Hawke, espionage agent extraordinaire and the only man, both Americans and the Brits agree, who can stop the absolute madness borne and bred inside the modern police state of Vladimir Putin's 'New Russia'.

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