Palace of Treason
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"From the bestselling, Edgar Award-winning author of the "terrifically good" (The New York Times) Red Sparrow, a compulsively readable new novel about star-crossed Russian agent Dominika Egorova and CIA's Nate Nash in a desperate race to the finish. Captain Dominika Egorova of the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR) has returned from the West to Moscow. She despises the men she serves, the oligarchs, and crooks, and thugs of Putin's Russia. What no one knows is that Dominika is working for the CIA as Washington's most sensitive penetration of SVR and the Kremlin. As she expertly dodges exposure, Dominika deals with a murderously psychotic boss; survives an Iranian assassination attempt; escapes a counterintelligence ambush; rescues an arrested agent and exfiltrates him out of Russia; and has a chilling midnight conversation in her nightgown with President Putin. Complicating these risks is the fact that Dominika is in love with her CIA handler, Nate Nash, and their lust is as dangerous as committing espionage in Moscow. And when a mole in the SVR finds Dominika's name on a restricted list of sources, it is a virtual death sentence... Just as fast-paced, heart-pounding, and action-packed as Red Sparrow, Jason Matthews's second novel confirms he is "an insider's insider...and a masterful storyteller" (Vince Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author)"--
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3 primary books#2 in Red Sparrow Trilogy
Red Sparrow Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Jason Matthews and Jason Matthews.
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Would have been 5 if not for the romance stuff. Don't get me wrong, love is great and romance is awesome and all, but ... come on now.
This book did not follow the almost unavoidable “Curse of the Second Book.”
Most trilogies struggle between the exposition and world building (book one) and the climax (book three). The middle book focuses so heavily on character development we almost sleep our way along. This, however, was not the case here.
While character development did feature at the core, the plot held its own. At multiple intervals I kept waiting for various shoes to drop. Many opportunities were missed for a more dynamic and intricate plot weave. The author's decision to maintain a relatively simple trajectory is not necessarily disappointing but some juicy opportunities were sorely missed. The same decision likely makes this book more widely accessible to a broader readership and, for that, I cannot blame the guy.
The only true challenge I face is having to wait for the release of book three, August 2017.
