This was another one of my epic finds from the trip to the book store a few months ago. This particular book was on a clearance rack, and I ended up getting it for $1.
The book has a number of story lines, which overlap at times. A member of the CIA has taken the details of a contingency plan with the intent of sharing it. It's a plan for the invasion of Britain. A spy, Brede, is sent to Britain to meet up with an old friend. When Brede arrives, his friend's car blows up, taking away any chance for him to relay what he knows.
What follows is a twisty, turvy road involving multiple countries and a lot of nefarious intentions. Some of the characters had similar names, which gave me fits at times. The Russian guys that all started with K were the bane of my existence. Even if I could differentiate one name from the other, then I had to keep their roles separate. Then there was the Davis/David scenario. These two confused me as well.
The last part of the book was fairly interesting. I could tell it was a James Bond-ish story, so it had to have the obligatory disposable woman (although at the end, he goes back for her). She was more of a hindrance and only really came in handy once, so I wasn't really a fan of her. She also had a very strange attitude about the man who was taking care of her (the blown up guy). Not a fan of her.
So, the book was okay, but I wasn't sucked into the story. I didn't care about the characters since they would only show up for brief periods of time and disappear. I never really understood the son's motivation since he was barely in it. It was an okay book, but I don't see myself recommending it to anyone.
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