Grandmaster High Priest

nonetheless a weird and bizarre cold war spy thriller. never before writers focused on cold war would have dreamed up such weird one with black magic, hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo crap like 'grandmaster' and 'highpriest', but since remo williams, a cop who could be turned into a super natural killing machine battling evil forces, everything was possible to this no-hold-bar co-author couple. it's so weird to read these two books, making robert ludlum's tough heros lamers. the writing, plot, scenario, dialogue, structure, texture of these two books are all good, but still, i got a feeling of like reading ludlum co-authored with stephen king and some other fantasy writers. so weird and so good.

The authors call upon the unforgettable characters of their national bestseller, Grandmaster, to paint a vivid portrait of two men, sworn enemies, born under the same ominous stars, whose lives must forever be locked in mortal opposition.American superspy and chess prodigy Justin Gilead, and Alexander Zharkov, head of a feared Soviet agency, are the protagonists. When a Soviet initiative to thaw uneasy relations with the U.S. is thwarted by a gruesome series of killings, Gilead and Zhartov claim the blood streets of Moscow as their personal gameboard in a rematch to the death. Ruthlessly, they launch their opening assaults against each other, rocking the command centers of both the Kremlin and the White House with wave after wave of violence. Neither man is aware of the dark consequences of his vengeance, until, through their bitter rivalry, another player enters the game...an opponent so powerful he makes murder seem like child's play.

1: Find copies of "Grandmaster" and "High Priest". 2: Get a comfortable armchair. 3: Wait for a really wet, miserable Sunday afternoon. 4: Open a bottle of wine... perhaps a cheeky young New Zealand Reisling. 5: Have a platter of snacky-bite things to hand. 6: Settle down, read, and enjoy.Yes, folks - this is a good way to spend an afternoon.

I think that 'High Priest' is a well done sequel to Grandmaster. The characters are dimensionalized, the plot is not predictible and the ending is terrific!

I was totally "blown-away" by Justin Gilead in the Grandmaster, now after reading High Priest, I'm hooked for life!...Desperately seeking Justin Gilead. "this character is TOO GOOD to end in a 2-book series!!!" The movie would definitely become a box office smash!!!