R. Phlegm rated Trump/Russia: 4 stars
Trump/Russia by Seth Hettena
Chronicles the forty-fifth president's years wooing Russian deal-makers and financiers to reveal the people, dealings, and events that suggest how …
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Fail-safe by Eugene Burdick
The question of accidental war is examined in this novel about American planes which fly past the point of recall …
R. Phlegm rated The Bedford incident.: 4 stars
R. Phlegm rated The Android's Dream: 4 stars
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi (The androids dream, #1)
From New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award-winner John Scalzi, The Android’s Dream is a wild-and-woolly caper novel of interstellar …
R. Phlegm rated The honourable schoolboy: 3 stars
The honourable schoolboy by John le Carré
The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) is a spy novel by John le Carré. George Smiley must reconstruct an intelligence service in …
R. Phlegm rated The Looking Glass War: 3 stars
The Looking Glass War by John le Carré
The Looking Glass War is a 1965 spy novel by John le Carré. Written in response to the positive public …
R. Phlegm rated A Legacy of Spies: 4 stars
R. Phlegm rated Call For The Dead: 5 stars
R. Phlegm rated Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: 4 stars
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 spy novel by British author John le Carré. It follows the endeavours of …
R. Phlegm rated The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: 4 stars
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré (George Smiley, #3)
In the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall, Alec Leamas watches as his last agent is shot dead by …
R. Phlegm rated The Three-Body Problem: 2 stars
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (The Three-Body Triology, #1)
Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society …
R. Phlegm rated Off to Be the Wizard: 2 stars
R. Phlegm rated The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: 5 stars
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Nicole Galland, Neal Stephenson (D.O.D.O., #1)
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. is a science fantasy novel by American writers Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland. It …
R. Phlegm rated The collapsing empire: 3 stars
The collapsing empire by John Scalzi
The Collapsing Empire is a space opera novel by American writer John Scalzi. The book was published by Tor Books …
R. Phlegm rated Owner's Share: 2 stars
Owner's Share by Nathan Lowell
Sometimes getting what you want is not enough.
When Diurnia Salvage and Transport undergoes a change in management, Captain Ishmael …