The Innocent Traitor

By Eric Rill

The Innocent Traitor, Eric Rill's riveting new thriller, plummets the reader into the secret corridors of international espionage and politics as it follows the lives of two immigrants who risk everything to reach America, unaware of the perils that await them. J nos Stern flees Budapest at the onset of the Hungarian revolution and is recruited by the CIA, where an ugly secret surfaces that threatens to destroy his career and compromise the security of the United States government. Karel Hor k escapes from Czechoslovakia during the 1968 putsch and becomes a powerful and successful hotelier. But even power and success cannot protect him from the front lines of a coup that could destabilize Central America and send shockwaves through Washington. How the lives of Stern and Hor k and their families come together is an intense life-and-death drama that will keep you turning the pages until you discover a truth you would never have thought possible. The Innocent Traitor is a novel you will remember long after reading it. In the style of Ken Follett, Vince Flynn, and Brad Thor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0991014421
• ISBN13: 9780991014422
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Avante Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Twists, turns, bodies and suspense.

I went to a thriller writers night at University of Toronto at which Phillip Margolin and a few others were present, most notably, Eric Rill. Apparently, the guy had a career in the international hotel industry and travelled extensively, which comes across clearly in his second book, THE INNOCENT TRAITOR. This is a finely crafted tale tracing the lives of two young immigrants - one who escapes Hungary and the other the Czech Republic. Both make it to America where one is ultimately recruited by the CIA. During a posting to Guatemala, he comes to realize that like its justice, American Imperialism can be blind. Rill writes short, fast-paced chapters that will have you sitting up an extra hour, trying in vain to find a place where the pace slows down and you can go to sleep. Plenty of twists, turns, bodies and suspense and a not-so-friendly look at the CIA. I give it five stars.

EXCELLENT

I read a lot of international thrillers, and really liked Eric Rill's Pinnacle of Deceit, but The Innocent Traitor is awesome! He melds the techniques of Jeffery Archer, Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy together. I don't like everything these authors write, but Rill takes the best and comes up with his own style that is better than the sum of its parts. The pace is furious, the characters are rich, and his ability to take what would be mundane historical facts and make them sizzle is remarkable. I would recommend this novel to anyone who wants to lose themselves in a great read, but yet wants to come away enriched.