I might be biased, but can I just say that I love this book so much? I didn't ever want to let go of these characters and these settings. In fact, I still don't.
If you're a fan of Dan Brown, you'll enjoy the globe-trotting suspense.
If you're a fan of Olen Steinhauer, Robert Ludlum, John le Carré, or Eric Van Lustbader, you'll enjoy the nifty Russian spies.
If you're a fan of female-driven suspense novels with more psychological goings-on than Girl, Interrupted, you'll enjoy meeting Natalie, the heroine.
If you're a history buff, you'll love the details about the Romanovs, their murder, the flight of Russian emigres through China, and the bit of speculative history I throw in at the end that might make England's Queen Mary turn over in her grave.
And if you've ever done something crazy because you love your family so much you'd die for them, you'll understand why the two sisters do some crazy things to protect each other.
Really, with all this going on, you're totally getting your .99 worth.
Here's what it's about:
A family murdered in the dead of night. A treasure lost in the throes of revolution. A ninety-year quest that Lenin, Stalin, and the entire Soviet war chest couldn't solve. One woman holds the key to it all: the missing fortune of Nicholas II, last tsar of Russia.
Natalie Brandon believes the stories--that the murdered tsar left behind a secret account intended to provide for his family in exile. She believes them because the voice inside her head believes them. Labeled a schizophrenic by her childhood doctors and psychiatrists, Natalie hears the voice of an angel named Belial. Belial tells her things...things no one else could possibly know. Natalie knows Belial is real. She knows the tsar's account is real. But no one believes her until a blond, blue-eyed Russian spy breaks into her apartment and kidnaps her, claiming she's the only one who can help him find it.
Together, Natalie and Constantine must find a pair of letters written by the tsar's daughters, in which the account's password is encoded. But Russian Prime Minister Maxim Starinov also wants the letters and will do anything to get them. The pair must outrun Starinov's lethal spetsnaz unit as they chase the letters from San Francisco to Moscow to London. The hunt draws in Natalie's sister, Constantine's partner, and a loyal Russian family whose only mission is to preserve the tsar's legacy.
With nothing more than Belial's strange whisperings to guide them, Natalie and Constantine fight for their lives--and each other--in a race to protect the tsar's legacy from a greedy despot.
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