I want to write a detailed review of this book, but it was so bad in every way that I can’t translate my anger of wasting my time reading this into a proper review. I physically had to hide the pages I was reading when I was on the train incase I was scorned at by my fellow passengers.
The characters were dull, the language was inept, maybe it tried to be too clever and too moral, and I was left wondering if there was a plot, or has one of the most iconic espionage writers now trading on his name and preparing his loyal readers on moving into the Ludlum space where someone else writes the books for him.

I read a review on amazon.com, where you can buy this book, see link below, that “you will love this book or hate it according to your particular political and religious prejudices”. Nonsense – this book is just badly written, its not deep, its doesn’t affect your core beliefs, its just shockingly bad. In fact it is so bad it makes Colin Forbes appear as a supremely gifted wordsmith.
The most joy I had with this book was when I gave it to my 1 year old daughter and she happily ripped out pages as she sat in the back of the car.

Overall:
According to the book, who would win the cold war: A draw, who cares when is fiction is this bad.
Explosives/fight scenes etc.. :Its missing a nuclear war scene where everybody is incinerated.
Believability of the goodies: Nil
Believability of the baddies: Nil

DC – maybe its time to fade into the greyness and let your pseudonym retire and this book has tested my love for Cold War fiction