Genre: Thriller
Book Description:
Set against the
backdrop of Soviet, post-war Russia, Birth of an Assassin follows the
transformation of Jez Kornfeld from wide-eyed recruit to avenging outlaw.
Amidst a murky underworld of flesh-trafficking, prostitution and
institutionalized corruption, the elite Jewish soldier is thrown into a world
where nothing is what it seems, nobody can be trusted, and everything can be
violently torn from him.Given the order to
disperse and arrest a crowd of Jewish demonstrators in Red Square, Jez breaks
up the rally but discovers his sisters in their ranks. Rushed for a solution,
he sneaks the girls from under the noses of secret police and hides them in
downtown Moscow. But he knows they will no longer be safe in Russia. He has to
find them a safe route out.
The journey begins,
but he is unaware that his every move is being observed and that he has set in
motion a chain of events that will plunge his life into a headlong battle to
stay alive.My review:From the first page,
this book had me in its iron grip. Mr. Stone’s fascinating and colorful
narrative and explosive plot building set in contrast to the bleak and
colorless forever winter of post WWII Russia drags you along, whether you’re comfortable
with it or not. His character development and the overt bad guy creepiness of the greasier elements of his cast are very
seldom paralleled. The build-up to the climax as our protagonist dissects the
crime he’s alternatively investigating and
being suspected of kept me anxiously flipping pages! The end does not
disappoint, and I was truly bummed out when this book came to an end! I don’t find
that nearly often enough…Do yourself a solid and read this book!
My Review:
From the first page,
this book had me in its iron grip. Mr. Stone’s fascinating and colorful
narrative and explosive plot building set in contrast to the bleak and
colorless forever winter of post WWII Russia drags you along, whether you’re comfortable
with it or not. His character development and the overt bad guy creepiness of the greasier elements of his cast are very
seldom paralleled. The build-up to the climax as our protagonist dissects the
crime he’s alternatively investigating and
being suspected of kept me anxiously flipping pages! The end does not
disappoint, and I was truly bummed out when this book came to an end! I don’t find
that nearly often enough…
Do yourself a solid and read this book!
Author Bio:
Do children born into poverty become
impoverished adults? It happens; pitfalls and roadblocks to advancement are
everywhere. Rik Stone grew up poor amidst the slum-lands of fifties North East
England, and left school at 15 without any academic qualifications.He worked in the shipyards on a local river and
later went into the merchant navy. Further down the line, he worked quarries in
Essex in South East England.But life was without horizons until, contrary to
what his teachers had told him, he found he was capable of studying and
completed a BSc degree in mathematics and computing.Life got lucky for him when he took company
pension at 50 and began writing. And now, here he is offering up his debut
novel Birth of an Assassin, the first in a series.
Links :
or Twitter: @stone_rik
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