The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis
Someone is killing warlocks. Years after World War 2, a precarious balance of power maintains peace. Alan Furst meets Alan Moore in an epic supernatural alternate history, a tale of a twentieth century like ours and also profoundly different.
The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis
First edition
Condition: Near Fine in near fine dust jacket. Very slight wear to corners. Hardcover.
Publishing Info: Tor Books, New York, 2012
ISBN: 9780765321510
Milkweed series, Book 2
Someone is killing Britain's warlocks.
Twenty-two years after the Second World War, a precarious balance of power maintains the peace between Great Britain and the USSR. For decades, Britain's warlocks have been all that stands between the British Empire and the Soviet Union—a vast domain stretchin from the Pacific Ocean to the shores of the English Channel. But each death is another blow to Britain's national security.
Meanwhile, a brother and sister escape from a top-secret research facility deep behind the Iron Curtain. Once subjects of a twisted Nazi experiment to imbue ordinary people with superhuman abilities, then prisoners of war in the immense Soviet research effort to reverse-engineer the Nazi technology, they head for England.
Because that's where retired spy Raybould Marsh lives. And Gretel, the mad seer, has plans for him.
As Marsh is once again drawn into the world of Milkweed, he discovers that Britain's darkest acts didn't end with the war. And while he strives to protect queen and country, he is forced to confront his own willingness to accept victory at any cost.
Kirkus short review of The Coldest War
Ian Tregillis home page
