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Best part of that is Blofeld s backstory, which was somewhat reflected in SP.
Seconded. I love those two chapters introducing the leader of SPECTRE and hope to one day complete an article specifically on Blofeld in Thunderball.
Not. a bad read. I ploughed through it in fairly short order. Not surprisingly, I think it reads like the son wrote most of it.
But King's next book, The Outsider, reads very much like the father. I noticed the difference right away.
The Outsider deftly re-connects with The Hodges Trilogy as well and sets up nicely for future books with the surviving Hodges crew and new characters from The Outsider.
I'm reading this, which is relevant to several of my interests:
This is exciting contempory spy fare. Matthews is a retired officer of the CIA's Operations Directorate with a 33 year career serving in multiple overseas locations.
The series is rife with modern tradecraft.
Being ex-CIA, you figure he is still on the job, as no-one ever fully leaves. An operational world view is apparent in the book.
Matthews is not impressed with the politicization of the top levels of intelligence administration, preferring the DCI be elevated from within the ranks, as opposed to being a dropped-in outsider with political masters.
Putin's Russia has positioned a long burrowed government mole to be appointed new DCI.
Matthews CIA agents, including the Russian double Red Sparrow, who is now one of Putin's top operatives, are working feverishly to expose the mole and prevent this calamity.
Putin's Russia is portrayed as every bit as ruthless as the old Soviet, as are the nasty Chinese operatives.
Matthews even tosses in a couple of Bond references.
Jennifer Lawrence did a decent job in the Red Sparrow film, but still I am continually picturing Gal Gadot as Sparrow.
Probably because Gadot is closer to Red Sparrow's stunning looks, and formidable physicality, as seen in her Wonder Woman performances.
Not that Sparrow can do what Wonder Woman does, but she is very lethal.
Also Gadot's relationship with the Chris Pine character in Wonder Woman does remind of the Dominika Agent Nash relationship in Sparrow.
1936. Brilliant.
Another good one.
A collection of four essays published in 1895.
Studying Latin, are we? :) Very interesting. I took Latin classes from age 12 to 18. Haven't regretted doing that even once. Half the English vocabulary descends from Latin.
I studied a little Latin at A Level and Degree it cropped up in English and English Literiture modules, I was not particularly good at grasping it then.
I found the book on Amazon Kindle so bought it for personal study, the language has always fascinated me I think I'll do better this time. :)
@Thunderfinger, how was Mars? Come to any interesting conclusions about our ruddy neighbor? You seem to have shot through that in a few hours.
Great news!
Albeit a very thin one.
Book 2 of the Sea Wolf saga, a WWII action-adventure series about a U-boat officer. (#2 covers the invasion of Norway in 1940.)
Interesting. Which places and events does the book cover?
https://bookseriesinorder.com/bruno-krauss/
Keep us informed about the places the book mentions! My grandfather happened to be in the town of Narvik when the Germans came to the place in April 1940.