Checkmate Run. Allan Alexander. 2015. [April] Paradigm Shift
Press. 483. [Source:Bostick]First sentence: The single light bulb above the cell door suddenly came to life.
Premise/Plot: From
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KGB agents are vicious, and they are closing in... His odds of escaping are
bleak... Will he prevail although everything is muddled in a treacherous love
triangle? Whom can he trust? The inevitable checkmate could bring him freedom
... or death. Checkmate Run is an adrenaline rush of a story about a precocious
young man's deadly struggle to survive the brutal Soviet regime. Alex Loevsky
is a medical student and an inspiringly rebellious poet. He becomes enmeshed in
a breakneck battle against the rampant cruelty of the totalitarian state, where
just the desire to think freely is nearly a crime on par with treason, and
being born Jewish is more than a mere hindrance.
My thoughts: This
book left me with several different feelings.
It started rather slow but I am extremely glad that I followed through
and finished it to the end! This was an
amazing story following Alex Loevsky a Russian Jew and his trials and
tribulations of finding a way to get out of the country that decided to turn
it’s back on a whole religion. I have
never read a book set during the Cold War on the communist side of the Iron
Curtain. As I said this book was a sow
starter for me but I am glad that I have the philosophy that if I start it I
will finish it because for me the 10th chapter onward was some
extremely riveting storytelling.
Rating 7.5/10
Recommendation: If
you enjoy fiction set in the 60’s and 70’s during the cold war then this is for
you!
*I received a digital
review copy for free from the author in exchange for an honest review. All
opinions are my own.*
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