Nadia (Heirs of Anton Series #2) [Paperback]

Susan K. Downs (Author), Susan May Warren (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

This second title in the Heirs of Anton series takes place in 1970, when former CIA spy Nadia "Hope" Moore must sneak behind the Iron Curtain, spring her estranged husband from a Russian gulag, and prove to the CIA that Mickey Moore isn’t a traitor—at least, not to his country. Mickey has secrets that will save American lives, but a double agent isn’t about to let the spy duo escape, even when her well-placed father attempts to help. Will Nadia be able to resurrect a love she thought had died? God is her sole ally, and only He can give her the wisdom to save her husband, her father. . .and her country.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

This second title in the Heirs of Anton series takes place in 1970, when former CIA spy Nadia "Hope" Moore must sneak behind the Iron Curtain, spring her estranged husband from a Russian gulag, and prove to the CIA that Mickey Moore isn't a traitor--at least, not to his country. Mickey has secrets that will save American lives, but a double agent isn't about to let the spy duo escape, even when her well-placed father attempts to help. Will Nadia be able to resurrect a love she thought had died? God is her sole ally, and only He can give her the wisdom to save her husband, her father... and her country.

From the Inside Flap

Nadia blended heart-stopping romantic suspense with authentic detail that plunked me into Russian life. The result was a dynamite read! I’ll be looking for the next book in the Heirs of Anton series.
—Colleen Coble, author of Without a Trace and Beyond a Doubt

Nadia is the perfect blend of spy thriller and genuine romance. Trapped in Cold War Russia, Nadia and her husband, both CIA agents, don’t know if they can trust anyone—even each other. Delicious intrigue!
—DeAnna Julie Dodson, author of In Honor Bound, By Love Redeemed, and To Grace Surrendered

I was captured from the first scene. Nadia is a fast-paced, enjoyable read with a lovely message of God’s redemption and His eternal hope.
—Cindy Martinusen, author of The Salt Garden

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593101635
• ISBN-13: 978-1593101633
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #83 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Fiction & Poetry > Fiction

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HEIRS OF ANTON KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, March 4, 2005

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Gail K Kroll "ECLECTIC READER AND LISTENER" (Northbrook, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nadia (Heirs of Anton Series #2) (Paperback)

Mrs. Downs and Mrs. Warren weave a wonderful tale which surpasses even the prequel EKATERINA!!! Suspense, romance, and spirituality come together to keep the reader intrigued from the first to the very last page of this Christian novel. I just got MARINA (the third of the trilogy) and am going to pick it up and read it immediately. Then? I'll have to wait until September 2005 to wait for the next HEIRS OF ANTON serial OKSANA! Wonderful and delightful reads!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What Was This About Again???, June 25, 2009

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Having just finished the third book in the series, "Marina," I find that I am already a little fuzzy as to "Nadia"'s plot line. I recall that the heroine is a former CIA operative who has returned to Russia to spring her CIA husband from a KGB prison (oh-kayyy), and that they have a daughter of which the husband is unaware, but beyond that, it's all a blur. That's how thin this plot was.

As with "Ekaterina" (the first book) and "Marina" (the third book), "Nadia" is mainly about the characters' faith. Nothing wrong with that, but set in a place as exotic as Russia, I'd like to see a bit more about the culture and the "feel" of the times (though perhaps I'm asking a bit much here -- how old were the authors when the Iron Curtain fell??). As always, the books focus a bit too much on one tiny segment of Russian Christianity, with the main body of Russian Christianity -- the Orthodox -- completely off the radar scope, despite the centrality of a minor character, a Russian Orthodox monk who's more like Brother Cadfael (cf. author Ellis Peters) than any Russian monk I ever knew, and I know more than a few.

As with "Ekaterina," the writing is over the top, with clothes "screaming," and the inaccuracies in the details are really distracting. Yes, I understand that fiction is different from technical writing, but to stick the Volga River in the middle of downtown Moscow -- for just one example -- is really pushing the envelope, especially when it's a simple enough matter to determine that the river that actually runs through Moscow is, appropriately, the Moskva. (There's a second river, the Yauza, so take your pick. But neither one is the Volga. *How* long did you say you lived in Russia again???)

I have one more book to finish before I can re-sell this series and GET IT OFF MY HANDS.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic 2nd novel in series!, November 10, 2006

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K. "daisy4given" (Northern Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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"Nadia", the second book in the Heirs of Anton series, picks up with the mother of Ekaterina (the main character of the first book) and begins to piece together some of the family mysteries that were introduced in the first novel. Nadia is on a mission to emancipate her husband, Mickey, from a Russian gulag prison, to try and reunite her family.
While the constant back-and-forth, hot-and-cold of Nadia and Mickey got a little old, it was still understandable, given the circumstances. It was also interesting to see why Ekaterina's up-bringing had been the way it was, by seeing how her parents lives' were. Once again, as with the first novel, the details of Russian history, politics, and culture were vivid and alive, and did a wonderful job of transporting the reader to another place and time.

My only real complaint about this book (and series) is part of that which makes it so good: the series is written in reverse-chronological order, which makes for a unique way of revealing mystery, by showing the resolution in the first novel, and hashing out the puzzling reasons in the following novels. The problem is, because of the complexity of the underlying plot, I had to keep referencing the first book as I was reading the second book, and I anticipate having to do that with the 3rd and 4th books as well. I recommend reading them all back-to-back, with no time between books, as the stories are so closely knit that you'll want to have all the details fresh in your mind.

I have been utterly shocked at how great the first two books in the Heirs of Anton series have been! Usually when a book or series is as excellent as these are, I hear more about them, but these gems have somehow remained fairly hidden. I highly recommend the series, as the books are fantastically intriguing & suspenseful, realistically relational, have sound but not over-whelming theology, and have wonderful historical details about Russian culture. This well-written series deserves far more praise than I have seen it given!

Grade: B+