Summary
In this political thriller, the fate of the Romanovs, Russia's old ruling dynasty, is in the hands of an African-American lawyer. The people of Russia, tired of both Communist dictators and the ineffectual post-glasnost governments that followed, have decided to return to a monarchy. To that end, Miles Lord, an Atlanta lawyer, travels to Russia to be part of the process of selecting a candidate for tsar. When Lord learns that his firm's chosen candidate, a distant Romanov relation, has ties to Russian organized crime, he joins with a Russian acrobat to pursue the rumor that a direct descendent of Nicholas II actually exists.
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"...[A] solid tale a cut above-and then some-many thrillers on the market."
-- Publishers Weekly
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 2004
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 2.05 pounds
Pages: 603
Publisher's Notes
After the fall of Communism and a vote on the part of the Russian people to bring back the Tsar, to be chosen from the distant relatives of Nicholas II, Atlanta attorney Miles Lord heads for Moscow with the assignment to perform a background check on one of the candidates, but his assignment soon turns unexpectedly dangerous. (Suspense)
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