And Then They Were Kings - Couverture souple

Katz, K. Ray

 
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Synopsis

Money, mafia, oil and spies threaten the government's business as usual methods in post-cold war Russia.Chukotka, a province in the Russian Far East, more remote even than Siberia, is suffering from neglect as Russia makes the difficult transition to a market driven economy. Skurt Ancre, an upper-level adminstrator creates an action group that learns how to steal, kidnap and launder money in its efforts to aid their people and seek relief from the incompetent theives running the government in Moscow. Using their wits and ex-KGB agents they work towards a goal that keeps growing to span the globe as they contend with a Koreran spy,a corrupt banker and a ruthless mobster. Their success brings them to the ultimate challenge as they force the hard-line president of Russia to make a choice between two unpleasant choices.

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À propos de l'auteur

This is the second novel by K. Ray Katz who has written numerous articles for national professional journals and several short stories. Living in Henderson, NV with his wife Sue, he enjoys the open spaces of the mountain west when they are not traveling the country in their motorhome. The author has a varied background having been a counterintelligence agent, New York stage manager, bakery distribution manager and owner of a group of audiology offices. His first novel was "Down Under" a second world war submarine adventure where the captain was adventurous when at sea and amorous when on land.

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