The Cold War may be over, but that doesn't mean all the
spies and secret operatives have retired. That becomes
obvious following the supposed suicide of a Russian embassy
attaché in New York, who lost his life after falling from
the window of a fourth-floor apartment. When FBI agent Sean
Reilly is assigned to scrutinize the death, it is soon
apparent it was not a suicide, but murder. Reilly also
discovers that the apartment's owners, a Russian physics
teacher and his American wife, a nurse, are missing. Things
get even more interesting when a Russian FSB agent becomes
part of Reilly's investigation.
As Reilly digs deeper into the missing man's identity, and
why the Russians are so anxious to find him, evil, gun-
toting gangsters start coming out of the woodwork. As the
bullets fly and the body count rises with each encounter
with the Russians, Reilly's search becomes even more
desperate -- and dangerous. Reilly learns that the missing
owner of the apartment was a renowned Russian scientist,
who defected many years ago possessing knowledge of a
mysterious device with connections to the past and the evil
Rasputin. With the potential to transform the modern world
in unimaginable ways, it becomes imperative Reilly locates
the device before it's activated.
Raymond Khoury's RASPUTIN'S SHADOW is a suspenseful
thriller that's not short of dead bodies or large-scale
shootouts, which seem to occur in every chapter. At times,
it's hard to keep track of all the bad guys, especially
with all the Russian names, but the rapid-fire narrative
keeps the pages turning in anticipation of the exhilarating
conclusion. FBI agent Sean Reilly triumphs again!
On a cold, bleak day in 1916, all hell breaks loose in a
mining pit in the Ural Mountains. Overcome by a strange
paranoia, the miners attack one another, savagely and
ferociously. Minutes later, two men – a horrified scientist
and Grigory Rasputin, trusted confidant of the tsar –hit a
detonator, blowing up the mine to conceal all evidence of
the carnage.
In the present day, FBI agent Sean Reilly’s search for Reed
Corrigan, the CIA mind-control spook who brainwashed
Reilly’s son, takes a backseat to a new, disturbing case. A
Russian embassy attaché seems to have committed suicide by
jumping out of a fourth-floor window in Queens. The
apartment’s owners, a retired physics teacher from Russia
and his wife, have gone missing, and further investigation
reveals that the former may not be who the FBI believe him
to be.
Joined by Russian Federal Security Service agent Larisa
Tchoumitcheva, Reilly’s investigation of the old man’s
identity will uncover a desperate search for a small,
mysterious device, with consequences that reach back in
time and which, in the wrong hands, could have a
devastating impact on the modern world.
Packed with the twists, intrigue, and excitement that
Khoury’s many fans have come to expect, Rasputin’s Shadow
will keep readers turning pages long into the night.
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