Haunted by the memory
of a secret love affair in Nazi-occupied Prague, American intelligence officer
Julius Orlinsky is caught in a deadly web of espionage when a routine
assignment in Washington, D.C., disintegrates into murder, attempted murder,
and blackmail.
Determined to uncover the truth, Orlinsky's quest takes him from the halls of the Pentagon to a prisoner-of-war camp in Maryland, and, finally, to the city of Budapest under siege. It's a shadow world where a lifetime of loyalty can be undone by one secret revealed. Orlinsky soon learns the personal stakes couldn't be higher. His investigation threatens to expose a betrayal by the woman he believed was the love of his life.
But Orlinsky has no choice. Charged with an assignment critical to ensuring America’s safety, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he navigates a terrain of double agents, war-hardened German and Russian soldiers, and fanatics who will stop at nothing to silence him.
Praise for Red Snow in Winter:
"Red Snow in Winter is a gripping, ingenious cat-and-mouse political thriller. A young U.S. Army Intelligence officer finds himself caught up in a deadly espionage battle involving Americans, Nazis, and Russians that he can only survive by finding out who to trust--and also by finally uncovering the truth about long-buried secrets from his own shadowy intelligence past. Smart writing, a high stakes plot, and fascinating historical background. Author Max Eastern really delivers the goods in this must-read page-turner of a novel."
— R.G. Belsky, author
of the Clare Carlson mystery series
"I found a great new-to-me author in Max Eastern. I love how he brought his characters to life and made the situations in this novel seem as though they were happening in front of me."
— Terrie Farley Moran,
national bestselling co-author of the Jessica Fletcher Murder She Wrote
mystery series
"Red Snow is a well-paced thriller capturing the paranoia and moral complexity of WWII’s twilight hours. This is spy fiction that respects its readers' intelligence, offering a nuanced exploration of loyalty, betrayal, and a little romance."
--Emilya Naymark, author of Behind the
Lie
"A masterclass in espionage and moral ambiguity, it's an atmospheric
ride of a thriller with plot twists worthy of Hitchcock."
--Mally Becker, author of The
Turncoat's Widow
"This is a fast-moving, page-turning espionage thriller set just after the war. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to be kept up at night!"
--Deborah Swift, author of The Shadow
Network
"Max Eastern attacks his story with dry aplomb and a stripped-down journalistic surety, yet it’s got more switchbacks than San Francisco’s Lombard Street, and every curve is taken with his foot on the gas."
-- Timothy Miller, author of The Strange
Case of the Pharaoh's Heart
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The stories his father told him about his time as an intelligence officer in World War II inspired Max Eastern to write Red Snow in Winter. He has written about history for several magazines and online publications, with subjects ranging from Ulysses Grant and Benedict Arnold to Attila the Hun.
His modern noir novel The Gods Who Walk Among Us won the Kindle Scout competition and was published by Kindle Press in 2017.
A lawyer specializing in publishing, he resides in New York State. To learn more, go to maxeastern.wordpress.com.
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