Until the last section, the story moves at a glacial pace, which is appropriate I suppose based on where the research facility is located. As the novel begins, a message is passed from the complex via incredible means to a British researcher, it's deciphered, the CIA gets involved, and a decision is eventually made to insert a spy (who was selected by the Russian researcher) somehow into the impregnable complex to find out exactly what's going on and to report back to the good guys. What I thought would be a major part of the story line was introduced in the Prologue: an intact 'oldest human' is discovered encased in ice and an entire Russian research complex is built around it in Siberia. The plot is pretty interesting, but it sure takes a long time to get to the point. Not! Note to self: don't rely on author's blurbs about other authors! Well, I saw 'Kolymsky Heights' on a list of the best 25 thrillers of the past few years, read a couple blurbs by other authors about it (Charles Cumming, what have you done?) and thought I'd be in for a superior reading experience.
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