Bøger af Jack Bethel

An Archivist at Rosarkhiv-where Russia houses its most sensitive records-stumbles into possession of a discredited KGB plot: Polar Strike. Its goal is to create a secret cadre of brainwashed, deeply inserted moles; if activated, they would destroy America''s chain of command in the event of a Soviet first nuclear strike. Now dismantled, the scheme failed to produce any successful sleeper agents. Except one.The grandson of Russian immigrants, Christopher Ford has risen through the ranks in New York City and into the US Senate. Since grade school, he has been running for office. Senator Ford, and his brilliant and stunning wife Mallory, have created a charmed life-a universe filled with sycophants and politicians seeking to orbit their political sun. But as the newly elected Vice President and Mrs. Ford arrive in Washington DC, a long-dead ghost from deep out of the Cold War threatens to destroy their ascendant Camelot.A new president is about to take power, and the KGB plot has lurched into motion. A greed-filled Oligarch. A Swedish hitwoman versus a Russian mobster. Unlikely allies form to fight for survival-from Russian file rooms to the FBI and NYPD.It''s Inauguration Day in America.But is it freedom or evil taking the Oath of Office?