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Red Star Down

Red Star Down

Summary

'Extraordinary...smart, sophisticated, suspenseful - and important. If you try one new thing this year, make it Star of the North' LEE CHILD on STAR OF THE NORTH

February 2017. A middle-aged family man is murdered in a horrific poisoning at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

A senior Russian intelligence officer is assassinated in a Washington hotel.

And a real-estate mogul and reality-TV star has just become the 45th President of the United States.

A terrible conspiracy is about to unravel…

RED STAR DOWN is set in the recent past, when the leader of the world’s foremost democracy made no secret of his admiration for the rulers of Russia and North Korea. As the leaders draw closer to each other in a series of bizarre international summits, three people find themselves linked by world events.

Jenna, a CIA operations officer whose past missions refuse to stay buried.

Lyosha, a young Moscow student who dares to challenge Vladimir Putin on live TV.

And Eric, a spy in the heart of the White House who adores the man he is working to undermine: The President of the United States.

About the author

D. B. John

D. B. John has lived in South Korea and is one of the few Westerners to have visited North Korea. He co-authored The Girl With Seven Names, Hyeonseo Lee’s New York Times bestselling memoir about her escape from North Korea.
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