02128cam a2200289 4500 774303382 TxAuBib 20230426120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781454950776 1454950773 4322d0b6-3b37-4b16-bee7-04703d943759 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9243528 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Worrall, Patrick. The Partisan [Libby eBook]. Union Square & Co., 2023. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2354kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. HTML:Epic in scope, The Partisan is a thrill ride that takes readers from the hallowed halls of Cambridge to the grimy depths of the Moscow underworld, from 1960s London to the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Summer 1961: The brutal Cold War between East and West is becoming ever more perilous. Two young prodigies from either side of the Iron Curtain, Yulia and Michael, meet at a chess tournament in London. They don't know it, but they're about to compete in the deadliest game ever played. Shadowing them is Greta, a ruthless Lithuanian resistance fighter who is hunting down some of the most dangerous men in the world. Men who are also on the radar of Vassily, perhaps the USSR's greatest spymaster. A man of cunning and influence, Vassily is Yulia's minder during her visit to the West, but even he could not foresee the consequences of her meeting Michael. When the world is accelerating towards an inevitable and catastrophic conflict, what can just four people do to prevent it? Historical Fiction. Thriller. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-25 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4322d0b6-3b37-4b16-bee7-04703d943759&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4322d0b6-3b37-4b16-bee7-04703d943759&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)