Declare
by Tim Powers
William Morrow, January, 2001.
Hardcover, 517 pages.
ISBN: 0380976528
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John Le Carre meets Dean Koontz in Tim Powers'
latest edge of your seat thriller. Andrew Hale was
inducted into Britain's secret service when he was only
seven years old. After serving as a top-level spy during World War II
and afterwards, for the last ten years he has been living the quiet
life of an academic at Oxford. But he is suddenly recalled
into the "Great Game" in order to finish up his last
operation of the war, known as "Declare". Hale is
plunged back into a gray world of spies, assassins,
secret codes and betrayals as he attempts to complete
his mission, which failed the first time he attempted the
dangerous exercise on the top of Turkey's Mount Ararat,
the resting place of Noah's Ark. But there is more to Hale's
mission than meets the eye, and Hale is faced with
a terrifying opponent of supernatural origins, and the
possibility of the permanent loss of his one true love,
superspy Elena.
Tim Powers takes a classic Cold War story of intrigue and
the infamous Philby/Burgess/McLean spy scandal and
comes up with a gripping paranormal thriller which will
delight his many fans. Powers takes the true historical facts
(such as the many odd details surrounding the
life and activities of the infamous British traitor
Kim Philby and the amazing life of Lawrence of Arabia),
and gives an incredible, alternate explanation
for the true reasons behind the Cold War. Skillfully weaving
true facts with fantastic explanations is Powers' hallmark,
and he exhibits his skill to great effect in
Declare.
--Claire E. White
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