I was pleasantly surprised by this thriller I read for a challenge. Two fascinating plots-one plot is Russian with the objective being to assassinate the Pope. The second plot iemanates from within the walls of the Vatican. Its objective is to murder the president of what was Soviet Russia, it the height of the Cold War era. A very interesting main character, who, early in the book, travels to a Middle Eastern terrorist training camp in order to learn the trade craft of assassination. Add in a nun as a traveling companion, lots of dangerous and clandestine travel, as well as plenty of anti-Soviet Polish nationalism. The plot kept me interested, in that the I read the last half of the book well into the night, in order to find out how the various story lines were resolved. Some may find the politics a bit dated, but as one who remembers the fear engendered by the Russian-American confrontation known historically as the Bay of Pigs, it seems right on the money, and well worth the time.
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