A city on the brink of apocalypse. Only one man can save it.
Antonovka-15 is a Russian nuclear weapons storage facility 15 miles from the Ukraine border. When an Alt-Right Ukrainian Special Forces unit – the Vampir Brigade – breaks in and steals an H-Bomb, Breed is tasked with finding it before it can be detonated.
Breed and the CIA’s Anya Stein follow the bomb on a journey through war-torn Ukraine and on to Brussels. Are the Vampirs planning to destroy NATO HQ and the European Commission?
Negative on that – their real plan is even more horrifying.
After surviving multiple attacks by the Vampirs, Breed and Stein find the bomb has been shipped to New York. The Vampirs threaten to incinerate the city if the United States does not commit ground troops to fight Russia.
With the help of Ellie, a young homeless girl, Breed and Stein fight the Vampirs through black 19th century tunnels 30 stories below the streets of modern Manhattan. Ellie leads Breed to the bomb – and a terrifying climax with the lives of eight million innocents hanging in the balance.
Cameron Curtis has spent thirty years on trade floors as a trader and risk manager.
He was on the trade floor when Saddam’s tanks rolled into Kuwait, when the air wars opened over Baghdad and Belgrade, and when the financial crisis swallowed the world.
Having written fiction as a child, he is the author of the Breed action thriller series.
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My thoughts: This is an action packed, thrill ride which if it all goes wrong has huge implications on global political scale. Breed and Stein track a Russian made bomb from war torn Ukraine to Brussels and then to busy New York and with the help of one of America’s many forgotten human beings, race against time to prevent a catastrophe.
A rogue group of Ukrainian backed soldiers have stolen an immensely dangerous weapon. At first it appears they plan to bomb a UN summit in the EU capital, one the Ukrainian president is intended to be at, proving they have no official support. Then when Breed prevents that incident, they somehow smuggle their weapon across the Atlantic, evading all potential stops and get it into the Statue of Liberty.
Underneath New York is a huge system of tunnels, along with the subway, there are vast unknown and long forgotten routes, occupied by the many homeless and runaways, some known as moles, who prefer to be underground. The soldiers have been using some of these buried sites, and it is only with the mysterious Ellie that Breed is able to track them beneath the city.
I want a whole series about Ellie, she’s so intriguing, I hope she features at the very least in another Breed book. I have recommended this series to my dad, who is very particular about his reading material, but I think this is right up his street.
It’s very cinematic like a Jason Bourne or Jack Reacher thriller. I wouldn’t be surprised if one day it hits a streaming service, it definitely has that action thriller vibe that seems to be a big hit with lots of viewers.
Breed himself is an intriguing character too, former special forces, works with the intelligence services but isn’t exactly one of them, Stein acts on his advice, even though she massively outranks him. There’s a definite vibe between them too, but way too much going on to save the world for them to act on it.
The plot is highly relevant and current, the Ukrainian fight against Putin’s insane attempt to rebuild the Soviet Union has been somewhat pushed off the front pages by more recent terrible events, but it’s still ongoing, incredibly brave people continue to risk their lives for their freedom and peace.
Highly recommend this as a great action thriller with clever twists and a glimpse at worlds right beneath our feet that we completely forget exist.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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Thank you so much for being a part of the tour x
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