The first rule of survival as an SVR covert operative flashed through Sokolov’s mind. He heard and saw the gentle rap of a pistol’s barrel against the driver’s window of his Mercedes-Benz. He had dropped his eyes to his phone for hardly a moment, to check his email. Now he was staring at the muzzle of a gun inches away from his face.

What do I do?

The opening lines of The Russian Defector, the newest Justin Hall thriller:

https://books2read.com/The-Russian-Defector

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