ISBN: 1682100650 9781682100653

Category: Fiction / Thrillers / Espionage

Page count: 350

Welcome to Prague, 1970: ground zero in a Cold War of spies and sorcerers. The streets are a deadly chessboard on which the CIA and KGB make their moves, little dreaming that a deeper game is being played between the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame, ancient organizations that seek to harness elemental magic.<br><br>Tanya Morozova is a KGB officer and the latest in a long of Ice sorceresses; Gabe Pritchard is a CIA officer and reluctant Ice recruit. Enemies at one turn, but forced into alliances at the next, their relationship is as explosive as the Cold War itself.<br><br> <b>Praise for <i>The Witch Who Came in from the Cold</i>: <br><br> "Those who like to mix magic, spycraft, and secret history should enjoy this—it may please fans of Stross’s Laundry series." —<i>Locus Magazine</i> <br><br> "Full of fast-paced, high-intensity action paired with magic at a level that has not been seen until now, with a cliff-hanger that lets readers know that the game is not over and has only just begun." —<i>The San Francisco Book Review</i> <br><br> "<i>The Witch Who Came in from the Cold</i> is a chilly evocation of a different kind of Cold War." —Charles Stross, author of the Laundry Files series <br><br> “Take a double shot of Le Carré, a dash of Deighton, a twist of Quiller, a splash of Al Stewart’s <i>The Year of the Cat</i>, throw in a jigger full of elemental magic, mix well ... and voilà! <i>The Witch Who Came In From The Cold</i>.” —Victor Milán, author of <i>The Dinosaur Lords</i> <br><br> "The occult love child of John le Carre and <i>The Sandbaggers</i>." —Marie Brennan, author of <i>A Natural History of Dragons</i> <br><br> "As soon as I saw that, I was instantly hooked, and the pilot jacked the intrigue to the max. Two female Soviet spy witches, an American spy with something weird drilling magical holes in his head, and a world of secrets within secrets in a locale where old-world myth and the Cold War face off, pedal to the metal . . . it’s awesome. Or as we said in 1970, Far out. " —Sherwood Smith, author of <i>Crown Duel</i> <br><br> "The installments are easy to read one at a time, but the tangles of alliances, secrets, and shocking double-crosses will have readers up all night mumbling, “Just one more.” —<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, <b>starred review</b>