The Twelfth Rose of Spring (Seasons of Intrigue, Bk 4) - Softcover

Fell, Doris Elaine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0891078614 ISBN 13: 9780891078616

Publisher: Crossway Books, 1995

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Choices. Risks. Danger in the Alps. Roses in the foothills.
For years Drew Gregory and Nicholas Trotsky had chosen their governments over their loved ones, danger over safety, silence over exposure. With this choice, one man's secret hangs in the balance high in the mountains of Austria. CIA officer Drew Gregory is haunted by his past memories of a plane crash in those mountains and the ruthless assassin who crashed with him--his career-long nemesis, Nicholas Trotsky. Long ago Drew's career cost him his family ties and even shattered the family tradition of the twelfth rose. Now just when things were coming together in his life--when Trotsky and the KGB have finally slipped into oblivion--word comes that Trotsky is alive and residing in the tiny village of Sulzbach. To Drew, it is as if Trotsky has risen from the ashes like the legendary Phoenix to threaten him again, to crush the twelfth rose, and to carry Drew back to the failed mission where he must flush his enemy out of hiding. As he heads to Sulzbach for what he hopes will be his final assignment before retiring from the CIA, Gregory feels unrest inside of him, an unrest caused by unfinished business. He remembers his past encounters with Trotsky and vividly recalls the plane plunging toward the cliff. Drew vaguely remembers the priest who rescued him from the snowbank. He knows that Trotsky went down in the plane with him, but he has never been convinced that Trotsky died in the accident as the CIA claims. In Sulzbach, Drew is not the only one looking for Trotsky. A host of secret agents are on Trotsky's trail--some determined to revive his Phoenix Plan; some seeking to stop him once and for all. And there is one woman in the search--the only person who wants to protect Trotsky from his enemies--and preserve his well-kept secret. A web of deception brings Gregory and Trotsky face-to-face again on the mountain top. Now both men must discover where truth begins and whether the past is best forgotten for only one man can come down the mountain alive.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crossway Books
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891078614
• ISBN 13: 9780891078616
• Binding: Paperback