Rating: 
Summary: Not as good as his others
Review: This would be the third novel I've read by Hagberg featuring "super-spy" Kirk McGarvey. I wish I knew what this guy was made of. Runs 10 miles per day, drinks with every meal, smokes up a storm, has the patience of Mother Theresa, tons of cash, beautiful women sent to spy on him, master minipulator of men, fluent in umpteen languages. You would think even in a state of poverty and difficult times the military could stop a train. For a french "spy" Jacquline is pretty sad. Elizabeth is horrid at best and manages to do in a few commandos and fight off the East German lesbian. At least Ryan gets fired. Don't waste your money, I just told you the story in 500 less pages. By the way, the best part of the book is the Tarantula, his bi wife, and Chernov/Bykov. They are the anti-heroes and they almost make this book bearable-almost.
Rating: 
Summary: Tight, gripping prose with a compelling action-oriented plot
Review: We all look forward to retirement, it's only natural. Kirk Mcgarvey is not natural. A hired assasin can never rest. Hagberg portrays the inner feelings of a CIA operative who can never get out of the game, and who gets into the game of his life. Russia is in a shambles and a super-Stalin is poised to take over. McGarvey accepts an impossible assignment to fix the problem. Hagberg keeps you on the edge of your seat in this taut thriller which takes place in the U.S. and almost all of Europe. Unlike most action books, the plot is believable and unpredictable. Every move is accounted for. The reader never feels like he is being preached to or guided by the hand. This is action writing at its best. You won't want to put it down!
Rating: 
Summary: An average predictable action book
Review: What a coincidence that Kirk McGravey, the hero of this novel has an ex-wife(Kathline),a brat tom-boy daughter(Elizabeth), a female spy-lover(Jaquelin) and a computer-freak friend(Otto). I have read many action novel and this seems to be the pattern that most authors follow. I think that what made me read the novel to its end was just to see if Kirk would do something outrageously different, or to see if Chernov or Tarankov would surrender.(I forgot Liesl, the bi-sexual female) Nevertheless, the novel is full of action, suspense and international cat- and-mouse chase. A true thriller
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