"Seymour, the author of 17 previous novels, is widely admired for the quality of his writing and the subtlety of his characterizations. At its best, his work recalls that of John le Carre, Frederick Forsyth, Alan Furst and other masters of the spy thriller. In this novel, he moves effortlessly among a dozen or more important characters, all skillfully sketched.
...It's a bleak image in a novel that does little to romanticize the world of spies and soldiers. The Cold War rages on, the author tells us, and many other wars as well. Brave men die serving other men's fantasies, and there is no end to it. Seymour is a master of dark suspense, and this is a good place to discover him.Hmmm... what is it these days with Overlook espionage writers being compared to John le Carre? I see a trend here...
--John Mark
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