![]() ![]() Zyuganov is so paranoid that he makes an attempt on Dominika’s life when she successfully recruits an Iranian nuclear scientist to share with her the details of Iran’s plan to build a nuclear weapon. Zyuganov is deeply paranoid and believes that Dominika is trying to take his job even though Dominika has her own goals as a double agent working in Russia for the American CIA. She wanted to avenge the death of Korchnoi, a Russian spy who was her mentor, as well as the deaths of three women friends killed as a result of the injustices in the Russian system.Īs this second novel in the Red Sparrow series opens Dominika’s boss, Zyuganov, is already jealous of her because she turned in Korchnoi, a case on which he had been working. ![]() Since Dominika believes she has not yet avenged the wrongs she believes have been done to her by the Russian establishment, she intended to continue wreaking havoc in the leadership of Russia. ![]() Though Dominika did not relish killing her boss, she had to do so in order to keep from being executed as a traitor or giving up her job as a spy. In Palace of Treason, the second novel in the Red Sparrow series by Jason Matthews, double agent Dominika Egorova’s life hangs in the balance when her nemesis and boss at the SVR, Zyuganov, learns that she is the mole in the SVR. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Matthews, Jason. ![]()
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![]() No one knows when their turn will come and they live heavy with anticipation for the day when Xavier ‘gave you what you needed, and that wasn’t just food: it was inspiration.’ Only Sonteine, daughter of Popisho’s despotic governor, Bertie Intiasar, appears to have been born cors-less. In return his cors demands that he cook a meal tailored to each Popisho inhabitant once in their lifetime. Xavier is the ‘macaenus’ – one who intuits the perfect seasoning and preparation of any dish. ![]() ![]() A gift, nah?’ One character, Romanza is capable of discerning truth from lies. ‘Everyone in Popisho was born with a little something-something, boy, a little something extra. This enchanted landscape is matched by the magic within each of its inhabitants. ![]() Popisho is a lush paradise with colourful bougainvillea tumbling through the fantastical scenery where plums are inscribed with poetry on their blue skins. In that ‘strange day, full of surprises and moments with sharp teeth’ we follow the fate of former lovers, Xavier Redchoose and Anise Latibeauderre. Leone Ross’s novel, This One Sky Day, might have taken her fifteen long years to complete but it covers only one day on Popisho, an imaginary archipelago that bears elements of Jamaica and Scotland, the lands of her dual heritage. ![]() ![]() ![]() Subsequent printings would reuse Brautigam's artwork, but the first edition is identified by the outermost front cover's "keyholes," which open up to a full page color stepback graphic underneath. ![]() The imagery of the eyes peering forth from the bandaged hand was inspired by King's short story "I Am the Doorway," which is included in this, his first ever short story collection.Ī unique characteristic of the Night Shift first edition paperback is its stepback, or keyhole cover. The 1979 Signet paperback release of Night Shift features the first of many covers Brautigam would be hired to create for Stephen King. This month, we have one of the highest anticipated and most requested covers the art from the first US edition paperback of Night Shift. We are delighted to reveal another beautiful bonus print in The Covers Collection from the late Don Brautigam. THE COVERS COLLECTION: NIGHT SHIFT (PAPERBACK) Remember to select your preferred print size option. ![]() |