Shadow Wars

By Clyde Farnsworth

When Russian physicist Dmitri Sherbatov defects to Israel with the means to create synthetic gold, it is not the Israeli government that will profit from his secret, but rather a group of Mossad officers and the CIA.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556115180
• ISBN13: 9781556115189
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.4" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

Intelligent and Suspenseful

I really enjoyed this book. The story is fast moving and unpredictable, the settings (particularly in Israel) are richly described, and best of all, the characters are extremely well developed. As a stream of interesting new characters are introduced, the reader is kept guessing as to which ones will become ongoing parts of the story and which will be left in the wake.In particular, I liked the matrix of relationships between the character communities. On the one hand, each person has a political affiliation: Russian, Israeli, Palestinian, American, ... And on the other hand, each person has a professional affiliation: Science, Intelligence, Executive Government, Journalism, ... Who should trust whom? The combination of possibilities is complex and fascinating - particularly since even those that share the same politics and profession are usually in competition with each other. The author has a great knack for showing the genuinely difficult context that each group must operate within, and how easy it is for members of each group to justify just about anything in the name of their greater good - which in most cases, coincidently, seems to support their personal ambitions as well.

Very exciting, much character development & sense of place!

A real page turner, from opening scenes in Lake Baikal, through escapes and escapades in the Middle East (mainly Israel and Egypt), Washington, Colorado, Paris, Zurich and Palo Alto. Amazing knowledge of physics and finances adds to verisimilitude of background. One of the few novels where a nuclear physicist is the hero -- in fact, there are several, including one woman. Much more character development and sense of locale than the ordinary thriller. I assume it will become a movie someday.