Lenins Roller Coaster, David Downing
Lenins Roller Coaster, David Downing
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Lenin's Roller Coaster

Author: David Downing

Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Unabridged: 11 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/07/2017

Synopsis

The third Jack McColl espionage thriller by David Downing (also the author of the WWII Station series) brings together two lovers in Bolshevik Russia. Winter 1917: As a generation of Europe's young men perish on the Eastern and Western fronts, British spy Jack McColl is assigned a sabotage mission deep in Central Asia, where German influence is strong. As he quickly realizes, the mission only becomes more dangerous the closer he gets to its heart. Meanwhile, the woman he loves, Irish-American suffragette journalist Caitlin Hanley, is in Bolshevik Russia, thrilled to have the chance to cover the Revolution. Caitlin knows Moscow is where she is meant to be during this historic event-even if she is putting her own life at risk to bear witness. But four years of bloody war have taken their toll on all of Europe, and Jack and Caitlin's relationship may become another casualty. Caitlin's political convictions have always been for progress, feminism, and socialism-often diametrically opposed to the conservative goals of the British Empire Jack serves. Up until now, Jack and Caitlin have managed to set aside their allegiances and stay faithful to each other, but the stakes of their affair have risen too high. Can a revolutionary love a spy? And if she does, will it cost one of them their lives?

About David Downing

David Downing grew up in suburban London. He is the author of the Jack McColl novels, the thriller The Red Eagles, and six books in the John Russell espionage series, set in WWII Berlin.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen

this book took awhile to get going and felt the ending was rushed hence why only giving the book this rating. the book itself is based in 1917 Russia after the second revolution as the war goes on the intelligence services change their priorities.......more

Goodreads review by Liviu

kind of boring and couldn't care less about either of the main characters; having Bolshevik leaders as even partially 'good guys" tops it off; not a 1 star as on occasion it reminded me of the superb ww2 series of the author' still, such a hugely disappointing series... will check volume 4 just for c......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

EDIT- 6.11.2023 Well, I'll admit that I liked this novel better this time around. I still liked Jack's portion of the novel a whole lot better than Caitlin's, and again- the subplot with the boy, Fedya, was heart-wrenching, heart-breaking and very touching, and definitely one of the best subplots in......more

Goodreads review by Imran

After reading the first two books in Downing's Jack McColl series I was excited to read Lenin's Roller Coaster, number three in the series. Unfortunately, this novel did not live up to my expectations. There wasn't enough suspense to make this a page turner. It seemed the author wanted to 'humanize'......more

Goodreads review by Mal

When the Russian Revolution erupted in 1917, it was by no means clear that Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks would come into power. Even after Lenin and his allies seized the reins of government in Moscow and Leningrad late in the year, the Communist Party’s control of the country was deeply in doubt. The......more

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