CIA Officer Karl Adams is undercover in Moscow, Russia, tracking a professor of international relations and geostrategic studies. A series of brutal events forces Karl to escape on the Trans-Siberian Railway toward the Russian Far East, where he must encounter a new threat. Soon, the murder of a passenger puts Karl in the cross-hairs of a brusque old Russian police officer. Karl must now prove his innocence while maintaining his legend as a college grad student. But a new persona presents itself, and Karl latches on to this potential direction. As this train chugs along toward the Siberian tundra, suspects increase with the body count. Karl quickly discovers that all is not as it seems on this normally sedate train ride. Asian powers struggle for ultimate hegemony in this remote setting, and Karl must fight multiple enemies to discover the Siberian Protocol.
Trevor Scott is the best selling author of more than 65 mystery/thriller novels in the Jake Adams International Espionage Thriller Series, the Karl Adams Series, and the Max Kane Series. He has sold more than a million copies of his books in a number of languages. He earned a master's in creative writing from Northern Michigan University, and a bachelor's in writing from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He served in the U.S. Navy as an ordnanceman on the flight deck of aircraft carriers, and as an officer in the U.S. Air Force during the Cold War and the first Gulf War, where he retired as a captain. He has traveled to more than 100 countries and seven continents, and he currently resides in Nevada.
This second book in the series was slightly better than the first. Russian conspiracies, beautiful women, and mayhem travel with an interesting plot line. Karl Adams is mire often lucky rather than good but it fits the image that Mr. Scott is trying to paint. This entertaining and quick read will lead me to the next book in the series. Hopefully it will have a little mire depth.
A new phase in the old game of cold war but one in which it seems there are no clear cut blocs. Instead there are overlapping interests and layers within layers. There is of course the trans Siberian Express as the primary setting and in spite of the excitement, the chill seems to settle on everything.
Well written, fast paced,lots of twists and turns. Characters were believable. Exciting right up to the explosive ending. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good spy story Robert Duval