1978.
Iran is in ferment and the British Intelligence Service wants Tana Standish’s
assessment. It appears that CIA agents are painting too rosy a picture, perhaps
because they’re colluding with the state torturers… Allegiances and loyalties
are strained as Tana’s mission becomes deadly and personal. Old friends are
snatched, tortured and killed by SAVAK, the Shah’s secret police. She has to
use all her skills as a secret agent and psychic to stay one step ahead of the
oppressors and traitors.
As the country stumbles towards the Islamic Revolution, the Shah’s grip on power weakens. There’s real concern for the MI6 listening post near the Afghan border. Only Tana Standish is available to investigate; yet it’s possible she could be walking into a trap, as the deadly female Spetsnaz fighter Aksakov has been sent to abduct Tana. Meanwhile, in Kazakhstan, the sympathetic Yakunin, the psychic spy tracking Tana, is being side-lined by a killer psychic, capable of weakening Tana at the critical moment in combat with Aksakov. Can Yakunin save Tana without being discovered?
In the troubled streets of Iran’s ancient cities and amidst the frozen wastes on the Afghan border, Tana makes new friends and new enemies...
As the country stumbles towards the Islamic Revolution, the Shah’s grip on power weakens. There’s real concern for the MI6 listening post near the Afghan border. Only Tana Standish is available to investigate; yet it’s possible she could be walking into a trap, as the deadly female Spetsnaz fighter Aksakov has been sent to abduct Tana. Meanwhile, in Kazakhstan, the sympathetic Yakunin, the psychic spy tracking Tana, is being side-lined by a killer psychic, capable of weakening Tana at the critical moment in combat with Aksakov. Can Yakunin save Tana without being discovered?
In the troubled streets of Iran’s ancient cities and amidst the frozen wastes on the Afghan border, Tana makes new friends and new enemies...
Mission: Tehran: (Thriller)
Tana Standish #2
By Nik Morton
Manatee Books
ISBN # 978-1544028521
Price
$10.75 (Paperback)
Price
$3.50 (Kindle)
285
Pages
Rating
5-Stars
“Topnotch
British Spy Series”
Tana Standish is in Tehran
working with some revolutionary women while monitoring the tense situation. The
people are tired of the Shah’s rule, plus we see the Shah’s secret police arresting
and torturing their own people. The CIA station chief is working hand-in-glove
with the secret police, and stealing Iran’s treasure, so Tana can expect no
help from him with her co-workers are arrested and tortured. She is also
watching the Afghanistan and Iran border for Russian troop movement. Meanwhile,
the Russian psychics are homing in on Tana while leading their Spetsnaz assassin
after her.
We watch as America loses
control on their hold of Iran when the Shah’s is deposed and forced to leave,
while the revolution brings in their religious leader and a new regime of
terror.
Although I read books 3 &
2 out of order, it didn’t matter, as each book is a standalone entity, although
some things are revealed ahead of time in this case. Still, the reader is
pulled into the story and nothing else matters. I was hard put to remember who
was who in this tale, with so many names involved, not knowing the difference
in female and male names, and keeping up with everyone. The author weaves his
story around real events that were happening in 1978 in Russia, Iran, and
Afghanistan. This is a top British spy series, and highly recommended.
Tom
Johnson
Author
of ASSIGNMENT: NINA FONTAYNE
Thanks, Tom, for another glowing review!
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