It’s 1975 and Czechoslovakia’s people are still kicking
against the Soviet invasion. Tana Standish, a British psychic spy, is called in
to repair the underground network. But there’s a traitor at work. And there’s
an establishment in Kazakhstan, where Yakunin, one of their gifted psychics,
has detected her presence in Czechoslovakia. As he gets to know her, his
loyalties become strained: does he hunt her or save her? When Tana’s captured
in a secret Soviet complex, London sends in Keith Tyson in a desperate attempt
to get her out - or to silence her - before she breaks under
interrogation.
Mission: Prague (International Espionage Thriller)
By Nik Morton
Manatee Books
ISBN #978-1544199902
Price 10.35 (Paperback)
292 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
Tana Standish, now 38, was an orphan Jewish girl trying to
escape Warsaw by sneaking on a ship with her brother. Her brother is killed
trying to find food on the ship. She was also caught later but before she is
killed a British submarine torpedoes the ship. The survivors included the young
girl. MI6 learns that she has psychic abilities, and when she grows up they
train her as an espionage agent. She doesn’t really read minds, but receives
impressions, and can detect danger, hostile and friendly elements, as well as
pick up hidden names. She is also studying remote viewing in connection to her
abilities.
Mission Prague is not her first assignment, but it is the
first published tale about this psychic spy. It’s 1975 and the height of the Cold
War. Russia has their thumb on Czechoslovakia, and the underground has been
broken. Britain sends Tana to Prague to help reestablish the underground,
suspecting her own British organization may have a spy in their midst.
Discovering something secret is going on at a mining camp she plans to penetrate
the mine and find out what’s going on. But things go awry, and her every move
has been watched, and the underground is demolished and she is captured and
tortured. Now Russian intelligence may be able to open her mind for all the
secrets she holds. The only chance she has is a rescue mission, but it’s bound
to be too late.
This is a brand new British espionage thriller set in the
Cold War, and Tana Standish is a great new action heroine to be watched. The
novel is topnotch, though the author goes off on tangents a bit too much in
order to tie the story and real people into real events. Still, if you are
looking for a great new series, try this author out. You’ll like Tana Standish,
the psychic spy. Highly recommended.
Tom Johnson
Author of ASSIGNMENT: NINA FONTAYNE
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