Yuletide in Santa Fe, a good spy beset, and what's this about a
very special baby?The charismatic religious leader has promised
that, if accepted wholeheartedly as the miracle he is, his
just-born could be the harbinger of world peace. While a glorious
prospect to most, this is of course viewed with alarm in certain
quarters. A depressed market and widespread joblessness loom for
mercenaries and similar savage folk. Prominent in this unlovely
subset is the Russian Mafia, hired by terrorists for $3 million
(paid in advance) to kidnap the world-peace baby. This mission
stays on track for a while, and then suddenly it's derailed.
Tossing the monkey wrench is Paul Hagen, known to Mafia men as
their admirably unprincipled and vicious colleague, "Pyotyr."
Paul/Pyotyr is in actuality a double agent planted by American
intelligence. He's so good that he has fooled even the highly
placed Andrei, who's inordinately fond of Pyotyr the terrible. So
the chase begins. Having kidnapped the peace baby from the
kidnappers, Paul is on the run. Wounded and desperate, he stumbles
on the Brody household and seeks shelter there, little knowing that
Meredith and her son Cole are in desperate straits. Meredith is a
battered wife, 12-year-old Cole a helpless, frustrated bystander,
Ted Brody the alcoholic brute of a husband and father they plan to
escape. Enter Paul and the baby, hotly pursued by Andrei and his
coterie. For all concerned, it's a whole new way to experience the
Christmas season.Thrillermeister Morrell (Scavenger, 2007, etc.)
offers an item slender enough to fit neatly in a Christmas
stocking, but the story's on the thin side too. (Kirkus Reviews)
It's Christmas Eve in Santa Fe, and the city is resplendent with
lights and decorations. But among the revelers on Canyon Road, a
decidedly unholy scene is taking place: a desperate man, Agent Paul
Kagan, feverishly seeks refuge for himself and the baby he holds
tightly who has the power to change the course of global events.
His pursuers are his former colleagues--members of the Russian
mafia who will stop at nothing to accomplish their mission. By
stealing the child from them, Kagan has not only risked his life
but blown his carefully crafted cover. All he knows is that he must
ensure this baby's survival, even if it will cost him his own
life.
Just a short distance away, Kagan will find an unexpected pair
of allies: a mother and her young son who are victims of domestic
violence. Kagan soon realizes that he must enlist them in his
frantic effort to stop the ruthless men gathering outside in the
enveloping darkness. In the course of a wild and violent night, the
unlikely trio learns lessons of generosity, courage, and
selflessness, discovering within themselves the luminous strength
of the true Christmas spirit.
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