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Summary: Craig Thomas plays Command & Concquer - with real tanks!!
Review: In "Snow Falcon", the red army is preparing a lightning strike on NATO intended to coincide with a coup against the communist party. Because the strike is aimed where NATO forces don't expect - and given that the "party" is out of the loop, NATO has no way of knowing where the overwhelming Russian armored offensive is aimed, and has aboslutely no chance of survival.Almost. "Snow Falcon" will come as no surprise to readers of the superlative "Winterhawk" in which KGB become not only the vanguards of the party, but the only defense against the rapacious red army. Unlike most technothriller authors, Craig Thomas' plots don't rely on twists or surpirses; tension is built simply on the heroes pluck to hold out - almost reluctantly - against overwhelming odds. In "Falcon", the hero is not the intrepid British agent, but the stalwart KGB colonel who stumbles on plans for the invasion and the coup (which does come off as a twist despite WInterhawk) before having to dodge a small army of troops, helicopters and ceaseless frost. Definately among Thomas' best.
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Summary: Craig Thomas plays Command & Concquer - with real tanks!!
Review: In "Snow Falcon", the red army is preparing a lightning strike on NATO intended to coincide with a coup against the communist party. Because the strike is aimed where NATO forces don't expect - and given that the "party" is out of the loop, NATO has no way of knowing where the overwhelming Russian armored offensive is aimed, and has aboslutely no chance of survival. Almost. "Snow Falcon" will come as no surprise to readers of the superlative "Winterhawk" in which KGB become not only the vanguards of the party, but the only defense against the rapacious red army. Unlike most technothriller authors, Craig Thomas' plots don't rely on twists or surpirses; tension is built simply on the heroes pluck to hold out - almost reluctantly - against overwhelming odds. In "Falcon", the hero is not the intrepid British agent, but the stalwart KGB colonel who stumbles on plans for the invasion and the coup (which does come off as a twist despite WInterhawk) before having to dodge a small army of troops, helicopters and ceaseless frost. Definately among Thomas' best.
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Summary: Another book Hollywood hasn't discovered
Review: The Craig Thomas novel Snow Falcon is set in the Soviet Union of the late 70s and early 80s. It's about an American agent who's arrested by the KGB and sentenced to a Siberian labor camp. The book is good. It's an excellent story. If they ever make it into a movie, Matthew McCaughnehey should be in the lead.
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