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Simon Kovalic, a top intelligence operative for the Commonwealth of Independent Systems, is on the frontline of the burgeoning Cold War with the aggressive Illyrican Empire. He barely escapes his latest mission with a broken arm, and vital intel which points to the Empire cozying up to the Bayern Corporation: a planet-sized bank. There's no time to waste, but with Kovalic out of action, his undercover team is handed over to his ex-wife, Lt Commander Natalie Taylor. When Kovalic's boss is show more tipped off that the Imperium are ready and waiting, it's up to the wounded spy to rescue his team and complete the mission before they're all caught and executed. show lessTags
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Moren, Dan. The Bayern Agenda. Galactic Cold War No. 1. Angry Robot, 2019.
In a good spy story, there is usually an element of melancholy, because the agents often discover their own complicity in the evil they oppose. John le Carré is the master of this genre, and as several reviewers have noted, Dan Moren uses le Carré’s model to create his interstellar special-ops espionage team. If anything, the story is a bit too old school for its setting. There is an empire opposing a commonwealth, and even cold war is not an idea that fits well in a plausible interstellar future. Helicopters and other military gear also seem more near future than deep time. Even the medicine is not far from what we have now. But on a certain level, the story show more of the sadder-but-wiser agent still works, so the story is readable if you can suspend your disbelief. show less
In a good spy story, there is usually an element of melancholy, because the agents often discover their own complicity in the evil they oppose. John le Carré is the master of this genre, and as several reviewers have noted, Dan Moren uses le Carré’s model to create his interstellar special-ops espionage team. If anything, the story is a bit too old school for its setting. There is an empire opposing a commonwealth, and even cold war is not an idea that fits well in a plausible interstellar future. Helicopters and other military gear also seem more near future than deep time. Even the medicine is not far from what we have now. But on a certain level, the story show more of the sadder-but-wiser agent still works, so the story is readable if you can suspend your disbelief. show less
Just Good Storytelling
It’s got it all: intrigue, spy craft, laughter, heart ache, and compelling set of characters. I particularly enjoyed the fleshing out of those members of the team we really only saw on the periphery in the previous chapter.
I am eagerly awaiting the next volume!
It’s got it all: intrigue, spy craft, laughter, heart ache, and compelling set of characters. I particularly enjoyed the fleshing out of those members of the team we really only saw on the periphery in the previous chapter.
I am eagerly awaiting the next volume!
Really fun read, like Ryk Brown's Frontiers Saga (A Rock and a Hard Place), but a spy thriller instead of space combat.
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- Canonical title
- The Bayern Agenda
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- 2019
- Publisher's editor
- Spanton, Simon
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