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Book Review of The Talbot Odyssey

The Talbot Odyssey
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The Russians have a mole, code-named Talbot, inside the CIA. At first Talbot is suspected of killing European agents. Then a street-smart ex-cop uncovers a storm of espionage and murder on the streets of New York, while in a Long Island suburb a civic demonstration against the Russian mission masks a desperate duel of nerves and wits. Engineered by Talbot, a shadow world of suspicion and deceit is spilling onto the streets, leading to a new Soviet weapon and a fist strike war plan threatreing the foundations of American government. For the U.S., time is running out. For Talbot, the time is now.