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From the author of the highly-regarded Alex Kovacs thriller series, which has earned nearly 20,000 five-star ratings on Amazon from almost 350,000 readers, comes the electrifying 15th installment. The year is 1953, and the Cold War is a powder keg on a short fuse. In the heart of a divided city, Alex is on what might be his trickiest mission yet: working to incite The Berlin Uprising.
This time, Alex is operating in the shadows of East Berlin, a city suffocating under Soviet control. His target isn't a military installation or a political figure, but the very soul of the city: the laborers toiling on the grand facade of Stalinallee. Under the pretense of being a disillusioned journalist, Alex has been quietly planting the seeds of discontent, leveraging the workers' anger at their abysmal living conditions and impossible quotas. But in a city where paranoia is a currency and loyalty is a lie, every conversation is a risk. Every step is monitored.
When the simmering resentment finally boils over, a peaceful protest explodes into a city-wide revolt. Alex finds himself at the epicenter, a single man caught between the ruthless Soviet authorities determined to crush the rebellion and the desperate people looking for a leader. He must navigate a treacherous landscape of double agents, betrayals, and brutal force. And throughout, he is torn by what he has done and how he has used people for whom he now has real feelings.
As always, it is the tension between the job and Alex’s conscience that is at the heart of the story. He remains, as ever, a reluctant spy. Check out The Berlin Uprising to get a feeling for this complicated, fascinating man.
Genre: Thriller
This time, Alex is operating in the shadows of East Berlin, a city suffocating under Soviet control. His target isn't a military installation or a political figure, but the very soul of the city: the laborers toiling on the grand facade of Stalinallee. Under the pretense of being a disillusioned journalist, Alex has been quietly planting the seeds of discontent, leveraging the workers' anger at their abysmal living conditions and impossible quotas. But in a city where paranoia is a currency and loyalty is a lie, every conversation is a risk. Every step is monitored.
When the simmering resentment finally boils over, a peaceful protest explodes into a city-wide revolt. Alex finds himself at the epicenter, a single man caught between the ruthless Soviet authorities determined to crush the rebellion and the desperate people looking for a leader. He must navigate a treacherous landscape of double agents, betrayals, and brutal force. And throughout, he is torn by what he has done and how he has used people for whom he now has real feelings.
As always, it is the tension between the job and Alex’s conscience that is at the heart of the story. He remains, as ever, a reluctant spy. Check out The Berlin Uprising to get a feeling for this complicated, fascinating man.
Genre: Thriller
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