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Title: Checkmate Run
Author: Allan Alexander
Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-30-15
Publisher: Skyboat Media, Inc.
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Checkmate Run is a real-life thriller that chronicles the author's life as a writer, medical student, and physician in Moscow during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s and his struggle to survive the brutal Soviet regime.
Alex Loevsky is a medical student and an inspiringly rebellious poet who becomes enmeshed in a battle against the rampant cruelty of the communist rule, where the simple desire to think freely is a crime on par with treason, and being born Jewish is more than a mere hindrance.
When Alex witnesses the murder of a dissident who seeks to expose to the Western world the tortuous reality of life in the Soviet Union, it leads him to the core of the human rights activists' underground. Alex's life becomes a death-dealing game of chess, where in order to survive he must remain one step ahead of his ruthless opponent - the KGB's second chief directorate. The KGB agents are vicious and closing in, and Alex's odds of escaping are bleak. The inevitable checkmate will either bring him freedom...or death.
Checkmate Run is an adrenaline rush of a novel that examines the value and fragility of life, love, and freedom, which most of us take for granted.
Members Reviews:
An Incredible Read!
I grew up during the early "duck and cover" days of the Cold War. There was plenty of red scare propaganda back then, but (obviously), we couldn't read about someone's first hand experience in the "USSR," as it was known at that time. Dr Allan Alexander's book changed all that for me - what an incredible story...of love, of family, of survival, and of perseverance!
Checkmate Run is well written and the prose is tight. Dr Alexander's precise word choices for describing people and situations make this book a delight for the reader. The author doesn't waste your time with any unnecessary drivel; everything is well thought out, fast paced and deeply absorbing. I couldn't put this book down!
I have recommended this book to many people since reading it. I would especially recommend it to those that grew up in the shadows of the Cold War on this side of the Iron Curtain. If this book doesn't fill you with gratitude for the freedoms we so often take for granted, then perhaps you missed the Preface and didn't realize that the author LIVED this story!
If I had to identify one thing that I wanted to find in the book, it would be a complete copy of the poem, "The Salvaged Hope." Since there are multiple references to it, I found myself wanting to read it. Since Dr Allan Alexander wasn't able to carry any copies of the magazine bearing the publication of his poems out of his motherland, it is possible they are forever lost to us. This is one of the sad tragedies of censorship - history is forever incomplete.
A+ novel.... Full of suspense... Love it!!
What a phenomenal novel. A Truly remarkable one!!
Five Stars
Just love it! What a story!
Five Stars
I look forward to the next fast reading novel by this very talented author.
Wonderfully written and great story
I have been an avid reader most of my life. I have read an unaccountable number of all types of books. Checkmate Run" is one of the best books I have read. It is extremely well written, grabbed and held my attention. The characters are well portrayed and are described so well that they have a very real quality. The story and plot are easy to follow.
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Title: Checkmate Run
Author: Allan Alexander
Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-30-15
Publisher: Skyboat Media, Inc.
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Checkmate Run is a real-life thriller that chronicles the author's life as a writer, medical student, and physician in Moscow during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s and his struggle to survive the brutal Soviet regime.
Alex Loevsky is a medical student and an inspiringly rebellious poet who becomes enmeshed in a battle against the rampant cruelty of the communist rule, where the simple desire to think freely is a crime on par with treason, and being born Jewish is more than a mere hindrance.
When Alex witnesses the murder of a dissident who seeks to expose to the Western world the tortuous reality of life in the Soviet Union, it leads him to the core of the human rights activists' underground. Alex's life becomes a death-dealing game of chess, where in order to survive he must remain one step ahead of his ruthless opponent - the KGB's second chief directorate. The KGB agents are vicious and closing in, and Alex's odds of escaping are bleak. The inevitable checkmate will either bring him freedom...or death.
Checkmate Run is an adrenaline rush of a novel that examines the value and fragility of life, love, and freedom, which most of us take for granted.
Members Reviews:
An Incredible Read!
I grew up during the early "duck and cover" days of the Cold War. There was plenty of red scare propaganda back then, but (obviously), we couldn't read about someone's first hand experience in the "USSR," as it was known at that time. Dr Allan Alexander's book changed all that for me - what an incredible story...of love, of family, of survival, and of perseverance!
Checkmate Run is well written and the prose is tight. Dr Alexander's precise word choices for describing people and situations make this book a delight for the reader. The author doesn't waste your time with any unnecessary drivel; everything is well thought out, fast paced and deeply absorbing. I couldn't put this book down!
I have recommended this book to many people since reading it. I would especially recommend it to those that grew up in the shadows of the Cold War on this side of the Iron Curtain. If this book doesn't fill you with gratitude for the freedoms we so often take for granted, then perhaps you missed the Preface and didn't realize that the author LIVED this story!
If I had to identify one thing that I wanted to find in the book, it would be a complete copy of the poem, "The Salvaged Hope." Since there are multiple references to it, I found myself wanting to read it. Since Dr Allan Alexander wasn't able to carry any copies of the magazine bearing the publication of his poems out of his motherland, it is possible they are forever lost to us. This is one of the sad tragedies of censorship - history is forever incomplete.
A+ novel.... Full of suspense... Love it!!
What a phenomenal novel. A Truly remarkable one!!
Five Stars
Just love it! What a story!
Five Stars
I look forward to the next fast reading novel by this very talented author.
Wonderfully written and great story
I have been an avid reader most of my life. I have read an unaccountable number of all types of books. Checkmate Run" is one of the best books I have read. It is extremely well written, grabbed and held my attention. The characters are well portrayed and are described so well that they have a very real quality. The story and plot are easy to follow.