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	• The Romanov Prophecy: A Novel Steve Berry Ballantine Books, 2005 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 127 reviews view larger image
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No survivors

Yes, it was a Dan Brown ripoff anyway. The characters were totally to be forgotten, aside perhaps from the actual Romanovs. It was pulp fiction which is all I can afford to purchase on the newstand, but I spent several sessions reading it.
I love history and, after all, it's "true" that there were two missing bodies. Just imagine if a couple of the tsar's children had somehow survived. So, at least the idea was a bit compelling.
But, no. Now DNA evidence has 100 per cent id'ed the last two bodies that had been missing.
All the Romanov children died, that night, along with their parents. Negating completely the entire premise of this book.
Well, it still had some interesting historical elements in it.
There ARE still Romanov prince's in the world, one of the direct line of Russina tsars prior to Nicolas born in the US in 1985. So, it is not impossible to imagine a new line of Russian nobility. Nobles keep great records of thier geneaology.
But, none of Nicholas and Alex's kids survived that awful night.

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Berry is a great writer

I now have several books by Steve Berry and I find them all to be great reads. From the Romanav Prophecy on they have kept my attention and I find them hard to put down. I especially enjoy the Knight Templar series and would hope Mr Berry continues in that vain. It is the Templar series that got me hooked on his writings. Thank you, Mr. Berry.

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Great Thriller

I have read 4 Steve Berry novels, and this one is probably the best, slightly ahead of The Third Secret. For those that find the idea of a 21st Century Czar unfathomable, you will have a hard time enjoying this novel.

However, for those who aren't that familiar with Russian history will find this both informative and entertaining.

Just like in The Third Secret, Berry does a terrific job of intertwining factual history with pure fiction to create a very entertaining story.

I highly recommend this book.

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Ekaterinburg, Russia: July 16, 1918. Ten months have passed since Nicholas II?s reign was cut short by revolutionaries. Tonight, the White Army advances on the town where the Tsar and his family are being held captive by the Bolsheviks. Nicholas dares to hope for salvation. Instead, the Romanovs are coldly and methodically executed.

Moscow: Present Day. Atlanta lawyer Miles Lord, fluent in Russian and well versed in the country?s history, is thrilled to be in Moscow on the eve of such a momentous event. After the fall of Communism and a succession of weak governments, the Russian people have voted to bring back the monarchy. The new tsar will be chosen from the distant relatives of Nicholas II by a specially appointed commission, and Miles? job is to perform a background check on the Tsarist candidate favored by a powerful group of Western businessmen. But research quickly becomes the least of Miles? concerns when he is nearly killed by gunmen on a city plaza.

Suddenly Miles is racing across continents, shadowed by nefarious henchmen. At first, his only question is why people are pursuing him. But after a strange conversation with a mysterious Russian, who steers Miles toward the writings of Rasputin, he becomes desperate to know more?most important, what really happened to the family of Russia?s last tsar?

His only companion is Akilina Petrov, a Russian circus performer sympathetic to his struggle, and his only guide is a cryptic message from Rasputin that implies that the bloody night of so long ago is not the last chapter in the Romanovs? story . . . and that someone might even have survived the massacre. The prophecy?s implications are earth-shattering?not only for the future of the tsar and mother Russia, but also for Miles himself.

Steve Berry, national bestselling author of the phenomenal thriller The Amber Room, once again delves into rich historical fact to produce an explosive page-turner. In The Romanov Prophecy, the authentic and the speculative meld into a fascinating and exceptionally suspenseful work of fiction.

From the Hardcover edition.

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