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Cold Victory
- Author
- Karl Marlantes
- Narrator
- Bronson Pinchot
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 9 January 2024
- Run Time
- 10 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical fiction
What to expect
From New York Times bestselling author Karl Marlantes comes a propulsive and sweeping novel in which loyalty, friendship, and love are put to the ultimate test.
Helsinki, 1947. Finland teeters between the Soviet Union and the West. Everyone is being watched. A wrong look or a wrong word could end in catastrophe. Natalya Bobrova, from Russia, and Louise Koski, from the United States, are young wives of their country’s military attachés. When they meet at an embassy party, their husbands, Arnie and Mikhail, both world-class skiers, drunkenly challenge each other to a friendly—but secret—cross-country wilderness race.
This is another masterful novel from the author of the modern classic Matterhorn, whose “breakneck writing style is both passionate and haunting” (W. E. B. Griffin). Layered with fast-paced action, historical detail, and a keen eye for the way totalitarianism and loss of truth and privacy threatens love and friendship, Cold Victory is a triumph.
Critics Review
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“Bronson Pinchot embraces the tone and accents of the international characters in this political thriller…providing a satisfying performance.”
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“Marlantes is better than Tom Clancy when it comes to the human element, but he’s similarly fascinated by militaria and historical detail…There’s enough cat and mouse here to keep Cold War thriller buffs engaged.”
Kirkus Reviews
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“[A] stirring story of innocents abroad in 1946 Finland as the Cold War is heating up… Marlantes sticks the landing in this satisfying drama.”
Publishers Weekly
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“Marlantes’ well-plotted, briskly moving novel explores the psychological afterlife of war. The men may court death on the tundra, but their needs are uncomplicated. It’s the women who, in building cross-cultural bridges and making impossible sacrifices, truly demonstrate sisu (Finnish for ‘toughness in the face of hopelessness’).”
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Details
- Author
- Karl Marlantes
- Narrator
- Bronson Pinchot
- Duration
- 10 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 January 2024
- ISBN
- 9798212906746
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Historical fiction
Synopsis
From New York Times bestselling author Karl Marlantes comes a propulsive and sweeping novel in which loyalty, friendship, and love are put to the ultimate test.Helsinki, 1947. Finland teeters between the Soviet Union and the West. Everyone is being watched. A wrong look or a wrong word could end in catastrophe. Natalya Bobrova, from Russia, and Louise Koski, from the United States, are young wives of their country’s military attachés. When they meet at an embassy party, their husbands, Arnie and Mikhail, both world-class skiers, drunkenly challenge each other to a friendly—but secret—cross-country wilderness race.This is another masterful novel from the author of the modern classic Matterhorn, whose “breakneck writing style is both passionate and haunting” (W. E. B. Griffin). Layered with fast-paced action, historical detail, and a keen eye for the way totalitarianism and loss of truth and privacy threatens love and friendship, Cold Victory is a triumph.
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