

The Red Eagles
Author: David Downing
Narrator: R.C. Bray
Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 04/21/2015
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Espionage, Historical Fiction
Author: David Downing
Narrator: R.C. Bray
Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 04/21/2015
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Espionage, Historical Fiction
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.
Like so many others who have commented here I found this book disappointing after the Station series. Having said that, I thought it had its moments and was strongest when it emphasised the characters essential powerlessness when facing situations controlled by larger historical forces. In the end t......more
A really exciting premise for a spy novel, but fell a bit flat for me in execution. Was really fast paced out of nowhere, then slowed to a crawl for chapters. Like the idea and world though, could make an excellent tv show with some adjustments!......more
A clever thriller with unexpected twists and turns set in 1944. The Soviet Union's spies in America no about the work to build an atomic bomb and whilst their scientists are confident they can do it, they need to get their hands on Uranium 236. How to do that without the US realising it was Russia a......more
I enjoyed Downing's station books, set for the most part in Berlin in the 1930s and 1940s, very much. This too was a good read. He's studied his history and creates a believable world set in real places with characters as complicated, flawed, brave, etc. as people you know. His afterword made it see......more