Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter (or possibly multiple chapter for this one) of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

In our previous chapter we found out what’s on the train, and that Junior may not be part of the conspiracy but he’s an easy sucker for it.
That’s the danger of hero worship. Idolizing someone is fine; so is wanting to be like someone else. Having a role model is a good thing…provided the role model is a good one. Orlov the younger has issues with his father and Kosigan is clearly the type of man willing to take advantage of anyone to achieve his goals. Even restoring the USSR would fit in with his goals given how important the military and KGB were back then. Power, control, respect (“respect” is earned, not forced, but tell that to any gangbanger, street punk, extremist, or power monger), and whatever else will help him move up in the world is okay with him. Communists like to believe it’s all for the people, but ask the people who suffer from it if they agree. If they’re not afraid to be shot, kicked off the bread line for any bit of food, or are afraid of anything else, they’ll tell you know and that’s why they come to America.
Speaking of which, we’re back to America and Op-Center. Let’s see what our heroes are up to, since thus far in this book they’ve been better at being heroes than the last book. I wonder what changed between books. For them not much time passed since the Korean bombing, but it’s been a few years for the reader and the author.








