Nightfall

Rezensionen / Stimmen

In Nightfall, we once more follow Jack Copeland and Elisabeth
Young as they race against time to avert a global catastrophe.



Ethan Ross writes with
unwavering confidence and assurance, never feeling the need to spoon-feed his
audience - even in the most complex technical and operational scenes - and this
lends his work a great deal of authenticity and immediacy.



Ross is a master of
the espionage genre, and in Nightfall, he consummately blends
high-stakes action with layered and gripping mystery. From the first lines, he
immerses readers in a shadowy world where alliances are tenuous, and deception
keeps muddying the waters in different ways.



Jack Copeland, the
protagonist, is a veteran CIA operative thrust into an inexorable operation
against the shadowy Viktor Kasparov whose weaponised intelligence system,
HADES, poses a global threat.



One of the author's
strongest talents is his ability to lead the reader into his remarkably vivid
world-building, which he does with an unflinching attention to detail. Whether
his heroes are navigating the rainy streets of Vienna, infiltrating a secure
compound in Lake Baikal, or eluding enemies in the raw, industrial sprawl of
Bucharest, Ross paints each setting with striking colour and precision. He
creates scenes that his readers can both picture and feel on a visceral level.



Another of Ross's strengths
is his character development. Jack Copeland remains a compelling and credible
lead. He is also multi-faceted - not only hardened by betrayals but also loyal
and steadfast in his pursuit of justice as he perceives it to be. He is
courageous too, and puts the good of humankind before himself, which makes him
noble.



This novel also
reveals more of Elisabeth Young's particular strengths, courage, determination
and skills, and it's good to see her coming more to the fore as an equal of
Copeland's in the field, and not just his life partner.



I really enjoyed the
chess motif, with the cunning and deadly antagonist, Viktor Kasparov, playing a
worthy adversary and foil to Copeland and Young's commitment to justice and the
sense of what's right.



Overall, Nightfall is another high-octane addition to the
espionage fiction genre. It offers and more than delivering a gripping suspenseful
tale with hardcore action, and mind games. Ethan Ross shows the reader his own
sharp and wide understanding of intelligence ops and psychological warfare, and
has created a book that promises to keep readers on tenterhooks all the way
through.

Colleen
Figg -Professional freelance editor and reviewer