{"product_id":"crowes-bait-ed-w-nickerson-9781490781662","title":"Crowe's Bait: Chernobyl: The Explosion that Brought Down the Iron Curtain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe circumstances of the April 26, 1986, explosion at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine raises questions about its classification as \"accidental.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is quickly clarified when one of the plants' lead operators leaves the country with a \"More to come\" message. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Crowe, part-time travel agent and part-time consultant with Britain's secret intelligence service (MI6), is on his way from Oakville, Canada, to England. His plans to serve as best man for his friends' wedding are interrupted by a call from Lord Stonebridge, head of MI6. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd and his fellow operatives must find the man responsible for the explosion; the man who knows when the next nuclear disaster will occur. He is from Chechnya, a Soviet republic that has been historically repressed by Russia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has asked MI6 to find the man before rogue members of the KGB find him in order to destabilize Gorbachev and his reforms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe search leads to Istanbul, Turkey; a brief Mediterranean cruise; and KGB agents in Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonal relationships are complicated when Ed's ex-girlfriend is asked to work with him along with Carolyn Andrews, daughter of the head of MI6, who Ed is planning to ask for her hand in marriage following their friend's wedding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed W. Nickerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1490781668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781490781662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trafford Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Ed W. Nickerson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013951762687,"sku":"9781490781662","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_defb139c-234a-45a0-ab68-603d7d9dd981.jpg?v=1767745796","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crowes-bait-ed-w-nickerson-9781490781662","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}