The Romanov Prophecy
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: November 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780345504395
Subjects: American Contemporary Fiction - Individual Authors +; Fiction; Fiction - Espionage / Thriller; Suspense; Fiction / General; Thrillers
First sentence: ALEXANDRA, EMPRESS OF ALL RUSSIA, TURNED FROM HER BEDSIDE vigil as the door swung open, the first time in hours her gaze had been diverted from the pitiful child lying prone beneath the sheets.
Description: After the fall of Communism and a succession of weak governments, the Russian people have voted to bring back the tsar, who will be chosen from among the distant relatives of Nicholas II. Asked to perform a background check on one of the candidates, Atlanta lawyer Miles Lord is honored to be part of such a momentous event. But once in Moscow, he is nearly killed by gunmen on a city plaza. Suddenly Miles is racing across continents, his only guide a cryptic utterance of Rasputin's implying that the infamous 1918 massacre of the Romanov family was not the last chapter in their story. The prophecy's implications are earth-shattering--not only for the future of the tsar and mother Russia, but also for Miles himself.