Red Warning
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Deadly enemies, dangerous games...
CIA agent Sam Hudson has been hunting Konstantin, a Russian deep cover operative responsible for numerous murders on US and UK soil, for years – and he finally thinks he's picked up his trail in Geneva. But just as Sam is about to get vital intelligence, his source is ambushed, and he barely makes it out alive himself.
Back in the States, the higher-ups want him to drop his obsession with Konstantin, but Sam can't let a man who's killed so many slip away again. When a mysterious caller taunts him right before an attack in D.C., Sam realizes Konstantin has followed him to the US, and now it's personal. Teaming up with fellow CIA agent Emily Pierce, he sets out to find the ruthless killer. But every way he turns there are obstacles, and he begins to wonder if Konstantin has someone helping him on the inside.
With enemies potentially hiding in plain sight and the Russian threat looming ever larger, Sam must use all his training and nerve to find out what Konstantin is planning and bring him down – before Konstantin brings down the nation's capital.
Customer Reviews
Sewer rat
3.5 stars
The author is an American journalist turned novelist with eight titles in the thriller genre to his credit. ‘The Night Agent’ (2019) was made into a Netflix series released in 2023.
Protagonist Sam Hudson is a CIA agent obsessed with finding a deep cover Russian assassin codenamed Konstantin. Trouble is, no one else at the Agency believes Konstantin actually exists. Officially sidelined from active duty after an operation goes wrong in Geneva, our boy is like a dog with a bone on the case despite lack of official support and, indeed, active resistance from on high. There’s no one he can trust except a former agent turned analyst, and old flame, to help him out, and provide a romantic interest for the screen adaptation. Cue much bloodshed, increasingly improbable action sequences, plot twists etc in and around DC: the city, not the comic book. Our hero and his nemesis spend an inordinate amount of time splashing around in sewers, and eventually blow them up, which is sort of like draining the swamp, I suppose.
Third person narrative principally from POV of main protagonist. Good pace which builds nicely. A familiar array of genre tropes. The narration by Jeff Harding was up to his usual high standard. Character development limited, and clichéd. Entertaining if not particularly memorable, but coming soon to a small screen near you, no doubt.