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The Devil's Alternative
The Devil's Alternative
Author: Frederick Forsyth
The brief paragraph on the front page of Lloyd's list of shipping news went pretty much unnoticed. — But there is one reader, Andrew Drake, senior clerk in a London firm of chartered shipbrokers, for whom that paragraph will have more than passing interest. As it turns out, the man discovered unconscious and near-dead in the Black Sea off the...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780553138634
ISBN-10: 0553138634
Publication Date: 1981
Pages: 404
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  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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1982, Russia faces famine. The Soviets are forced to pin their hopes for survival on the U.S. But as the KGB and the CIA watch in hrror, the rescue of a Ukrainian freedom fighter from the Black Sea unleashes savagery that endangers peace and plunges leaders from Washington tp Moscow into a web of overwhelming intrigue, terror and suspense. Only two lovers can save the world from nuclear destruction. Yet every way out means certain death. And the countdown has already begun.
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"1982. Russia faces famine. The Soviets are forced to pin their hopes for survival on the U.S. But as the KGB and the CIA watch in horror, the rescue of a Ukranian "freedom fighter" from the Black Sea unleashes savagery that endangers peace - and plunges leaders from Washington to Moscow into a web of overwhelming intrigue, terror and suspense. Only teo lovers can save the world from nuclear destruction. Yet every way out means certain death. And the countdown has already begun."
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Fast moving international intrigue with lots of suspense. A look into Russia. Keeps you reading.
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I've read this several times over the years; still one of the great Cold War thrillers.


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