Format: Hardcover, 347 pages
Release Date: April 1, 2024
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Source: Amazon First Reads
Genre: Thrillers / Espionage
A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this alpine thriller from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich.
Robbie Steinhardt lives a peaceful life. A fixture of his small alpine village, he tends cattle, minds his own business, and doesn’t dwell on his former life and the family and lover he left behind—back when he was Mac Dekker, CIA.
But when he learns his son Will died following in his footsteps, he needs answers. What mission took Will up into the alpine heights, and why is Ilya Ivashka on the same trail? Ilya—his close friend, his rival in love. Ilya, who framed Mac for treason and sent him into hiding.
Wiping away the years, Mac returns to the field to find the secrets Will hid and finds himself facing the Herculean task of stopping a terrorist plot that threatens thousands. But in a field of double agents, who can he trust?
Matterhorn, by Christopher Reich, is the first installment in the author's Mac Dekker series. A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this alpine thriller. Robbie Steinhardt (Mac Dekker) has lived a peaceful life in Switzerland for the past 8 years. A fixture of his small alpine village, he tends cattle, minds his own business, and doesn’t dwell on his former life and the family and lover he left behind back when he was CIA.
But when he learns that his son Will Dekker has not only followed in his father's footsteps but died on Matterhorn following a meeting with a Russian foreign intelligence service Captain who had important information about something called Hercules, Will is forced to come out of retirement to find out why. What mission took Will up into the alpine heights, and why is Ilya Ivanshka, the man who betrayed him, the CIA, and the USA, on the same trail?
Will was forced to go into hiding for the past 8 years because he was set up by the man, Ilya, who was supposed to be his closest friend. A man who destroyed the CIA's undercover operatives in the Middle East by giving them to the Russian SVR, and was given the rank of Major in the SVR. Mac returns to the field to find the secrets Will hid and finds himself facing the Herculean task of stopping a terrorist plot that threatens thousands possibly millions. But in a field of double agents, who can he trust?
To top it off, Mac has no idea that his own daughter Jane McCall is also in the CIA and wants to know why her brother went off the grid and who was responsible for killing him. Jane and Will's investigation will lead them to uncover a deadly operation that is set against the backdrop of the Russian war with Ukraine. It also leads to a reunion by Will with a former Mossad Agent named Ava Attal who is also living in Switzerland.
Once the story gets going, the action doesn't let up, and although most of the plot twists are pretty much what you'd expect, it hammers along at a fair old pace. Plus, in the tradition of classics like the Eiger Sanction, there's plenty of detailed climbing action to create a perilous environment. As this is the first in a new series, I understand that the sequel will be released in May 2025.
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