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Title details for Volk's Shadow by Brent Ghelfi - Available

Volk's Shadow

A Novel

#2.0 in series

by Brent Ghelfi
Stephen Hoye
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The headquarters of an American oil company hemorrhages chemical-pink smoke into the Moscow night, the aftermath of an apparent terrorist attack. A Russian army captain carrying a priceless Fabergé egg and digital evidence of horrific wartime atrocities is murdered and relieved of both these prizes. And in the snowy mountains of southern Russia, a terrorist named Abreg—who once held Volk captive in a Chechen mud pit—hatches a plan to lure him back into his grasp.


Volk's Shadow finds Colonel Alexei Volkovoy—covert agent of the Russian army and major player in the Moscow underworld—once again struggling to stay afloat in the swirling currents of Russian political and economic intrigue. This time, however, he is without his sidekick and lover, the ethereal Valya Novaskaya. Aching for the soul mate he pushed away, Volk begins to doubt himself, becoming even more detached from the brutality of his actions. When he takes out his inner pain on the wrong man, he gains a powerful enemy in the highest reaches of the Kremlin, and only after he travels back to Chechnya to eliminate his old nemesis, Abreg, is Volk's debt finally repaid.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Volk

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 22, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400127627
      • File size: 291487 KB
      • Duration: 10:07:15

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Brent Ghelfi's latest spy thriller finds Russian agent Colonel Alexei Volkovoy searching for a lost love and hunting down an old enemy in the midst of a terrorist attack on an American oil plant. The story offers the traditional trademarks of the genre--beautiful women, ruthless killers, and a plethora of plot twists. Narrator Stephen Hoye handles the intrigue well and displays his wide-ranging vocal abilities with realistic Eastern European accents. However, Hoye's choice to leave Volkovoy's narrative voice unaccented while speaking in accents only for spoken dialogue results in some confusion. He would have been more convincing if he had performed entirely in one or the other, preferably with the Russian overtone. L.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 12, 2008
      In Ghelfi's mesmerizing second Russian thriller (after Volk's Game
      ), Alexei “Volk” Vokovoy, an ex-army colonel with a prosthetic leg who does the dirty work for a paranoid Kremlin official known as “the General,” receives what appears to be a simple assignment: find a missing Fabergé egg. The hunt quickly leads Volk into a raw, uncivilized world in which even the most basic needs of common Russians go unmet. Crime bosses work hand-in-hand with the government. The riches of oil trump all other priorities. Sexual violence surges uncontrollably. While the complicated plot can be hard to follow in places, and the Rambo-like Volk may not engage much reader sympathy, crisp characterization and strong visual prose keep the story moving to its harrowing climax in Chechnya. Those seeking a tour of the dark side of contemporary Russia will be more than satisfied. Author tour.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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