Darkness at Dawn - Softcover

Hands, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993371922 ISBN 13: 9780993371929

Publisher: Castleton, 2016

Synopsis

An undercover agent is torn between love and fear when resurgent nationalism threatens to plunge Russia and Ukraine into ethnic warfare. Taras Stepaniak, half Russian half Ukrainian, is a self-serving womaniser recruited by the Russian intelligence service to destabilize the newly independent Ukraine in order to bring it back under Russian control. Stepaniak spins his web of treachery around the aspiring democrats of the new nation. But he finds that the one woman who resists his cynical seduction techniques cares for him deeply. Maria Bondar’s selflessness, integrity, and devotion to ideals force him to confront his own duplicity. Too late. He is trapped in a deadly game that is being played out to a terrifying conclusion. “Well researched, compellingly plausible...the climax is explosive.” —The European “The suspense is sustained to the very last page.” —The Independent “The author's artistry means that the book succeeds not only at the adventure tale level—gripping as the plot line is—but more profoundly... A moving, remarkable book.” —The Tablet “A plot to destabilize the newly independent Ukraine is realistic thanks to the...writing of John Hands. It all comes together in a stirring climax which exposes the heart of post-Soviet society.” —Oxford Times

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Taras Stepaniak is half Russian, half Ukrainian, a self serving womaniser easily recruited by the Russian patriot, Colonel Nikolai Krasin, to help destabilise the newly independent Ukraine, a country which has inherited a crippling Soviet economy – and a lethal Soviet nuclear arsenal.

The amoral Stepeniak spins his web of treachery around the aspiring democrats of the new nation, but the greater his betrayals, the deeper he sees into his own soul.

Too late. He is trapped in a deadly game that is being played out to a terrifying conclusion.

“A well researched, compellingly plausible thriller ... the climax is explosive”
THE EUROPEAN

“The author appears to know more than your average thriller writer might reasonably be expected to know about rivalries between the former Soviet republics in general and their nuclear weapons in particular ... a rip-roaring read and the suspense is sustained to the very last page”
THE INDEPENDENT

“A moving, remarkable book”
THE TABLET

About the Author:

John Hands has devoted more than ten years to evaluating scientific theories about human evolution from the origin of the universe. He graduated in chemistry from the University of London and co-authored two research studies and published one book in the social sciences. He was the founding Director of the Government s Co-operative Housing Agency and served on three Government committees. He has tutored in both physics and management studies for the Open University and was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at University College London. He has written three novels and been published in 8 countries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Castleton
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0993371922
• ISBN 13: 9780993371929
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 344