Nadia

by Susan May Warren and Susan K. Downs

Book Overview

This second title in the Heirs of Anton series takes place in 1970, when former CIA spy Nadia Hope Moore must sneak behind the Iron Curtain, spring her estranged husband from a Russian gulag, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593101635
• ISBN13: 9781593101633
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic 2nd novel in series!

"Nadia", the second book in the Heirs of Anton series, picks up with the mother of Ekaterina (the main character of the first book) and begins to piece together some of the family mysteries that were introduced in the first novel. Nadia is on a mission to emancipate her husband, Mickey, from a Russian gulag prison, to try and reunite her family. While the constant back-and-forth, hot-and-cold of Nadia and Mickey got a little old, it was still understandable, given the circumstances. It was also interesting to see why Ekaterina's up-bringing had been the way it was, by seeing how her parents lives' were. Once again, as with the first novel, the details of Russian history, politics, and culture were vivid and alive, and did a wonderful job of transporting the reader to another place and time. My only real complaint about this book (and series) is part of that which makes it so good: the series is written in reverse-chronological order, which makes for a unique way of revealing mystery, by showing the resolution in the first novel, and hashing out the puzzling reasons in the following novels. The problem is, because of the complexity of the underlying plot, I had to keep referencing the first book as I was reading the second book, and I anticipate having to do that with the 3rd and 4th books as well. I recommend reading them all back-to-back, with no time between books, as the stories are so closely knit that you'll want to have all the details fresh in your mind. I have been utterly shocked at how great the first two books in the Heirs of Anton series have been! Usually when a book or series is as excellent as these are, I hear more about them, but these gems have somehow remained fairly hidden. I highly recommend the series, as the books are fantastically intriguing & suspenseful, realistically relational, have sound but not over-whelming theology, and have wonderful historical details about Russian culture. This well-written series deserves far more praise than I have seen it given! Grade: B+

HEIRS OF ANTON KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER

Mrs. Downs and Mrs. Warren weave a wonderful tale which surpasses even the prequel EKATERINA!!! Suspense, romance, and spirituality come together to keep the reader intrigued from the first to the very last page of this Christian novel. I just got MARINA (the third of the trilogy) and am going to pick it up and read it immediately. Then? I'll have to wait until September 2005 to wait for the next HEIRS OF ANTON serial OKSANA! Wonderful and delightful reads!