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4.0 out of 5 stars
great Thomas novel,
This review is from: The Bear's Tears (Hardcover)
It's big, it's mean, and (on some copies) it's got pictures of a huge Soviet gunship. It's "The Bear's Tears" - the novel released in the states as "Lion's Run". Craig Thomas returns us to the office of British Intel boss Kenneth Aubrey - the man who sent Clint Eastwood to Russia in the movie "Firefox". (Eastwood's Mitchell Gant is not one of Thomas's recurring characters to return here, though). The plot has Aubrey set-up by the Russians for treason. Set in present day (the 1980's, actually) as Aubrey is about to help a KGB colonel defect to the west, Aubrey's superiors learn that their spy chief was himself "turned" by the Russians in 1946. Disgraced and arrested, Aubrey is replaced by Babbington on the eve of an agency consolidation that will join various unconnected British intelligence agencies into a single service. Of course the charges are bogus - part of an elaborate Soviet plot to protect the real traitor and bring Aubrey over to the east. Aubrey's only hope is Patrick Hyde, a young former soldier (SAS, I think) who's the action hero of the story. To get the evidence that will clear Aubrey and unmask the real traitor, Hyde will have to plunge into the hottest war zone of (then) Soviet-occupied Afghanistan, and find the one man who is both responsible for the Aubrey conspiracy and more than anybody else on Earth, wants Hyde dead. Meanwhile, under guard, Aubrey concocts a plan of his own, as Thomas hints that his framed spymaster really does have something to hide."Bear's Tears" is an excellent thriller built upon compelling characters and non-stop action. Rather than the cardboard cut-outs of other books, those in Thomas's novels grab you and never let go. Though "Tears" features characters and refers to situations that occur in other books, it's still self-contained - it could be the first Thomas novel you'll ever pick up, but it won't likely be your last.
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