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Star Of The North by D. B. John
Jun. 28th, 2018 11:24 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
North Korea and the USA are on the brink of war.
A young American woman disappears without trace from a South Korean island.
The CIA recruits her twin sister to uncover the truth.
Now, she must go undercover in the world’s most deadly state.
Only by infiltrating the dark heart of the terrifying regime will she be able to save her sister … and herself.
Prepare yourself for the most explosive international thriller of the year.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
D. B. John’s timely international thriller uses his knowledge of the North Korean regime to gripping effect featuring two characters wounded by the regime and a plot that’s built around Kim Jong-il’s real-life 2010 nuclear testing programme. However the final quarter, over-eggs the adversity that Jenna and Cho face and I wasn’t wholly convinced by Jenna’s CIA training but the book ends with a set up for a sequel that I will definitely read.
A young American woman disappears without trace from a South Korean island.
The CIA recruits her twin sister to uncover the truth.
Now, she must go undercover in the world’s most deadly state.
Only by infiltrating the dark heart of the terrifying regime will she be able to save her sister … and herself.
Prepare yourself for the most explosive international thriller of the year.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
D. B. John’s timely international thriller uses his knowledge of the North Korean regime to gripping effect featuring two characters wounded by the regime and a plot that’s built around Kim Jong-il’s real-life 2010 nuclear testing programme. However the final quarter, over-eggs the adversity that Jenna and Cho face and I wasn’t wholly convinced by Jenna’s CIA training but the book ends with a set up for a sequel that I will definitely read.
