Devil’s Alternative / Frederick Forsyth 204 p.

Set in the 1980s, with the President Rudin of Russia facing a famine and Soviet faction that plans to invade Western Europe to get the necessary food. U.S. President Matthews wants a tough disarmament treaty signed before releasing 50 million tons of grain to the Soviets. Drach, a Ukrainian fanatic transplanted to England, wants to bring down the hated Russian government. Adam Munro, a top English spy in Moscow with his own personal international crisis-- an old Russian flame who wants to defect. Add an aging chairman of a Norwegian shipping company is taking delivery on the latest biggest million ton supertanker. Everyone has an agenda. Forsyth does an excellent job of interweaving multiple strands of common place events into an international thriller – a page-turner with global involvement. Readers of David Baldacci and Robert Ludlum may enjoy this page-turner with global involvement.