The Gemini Trap

Rating:
Summary: Very highly recommended
Review: The Northern Vietnamese capture navy Pilot Lee Hall, setting into a motion a carefully planed and infinitely complex plan to learn the American's secrets. Once the Northern Vietnamese overwhelmed America forces with their advance technology obtained from Russia, but then the Americans develop electronic technology that allows them to overcome Northern Vietnamese air defense in battle. With Lee's capture, the Russian military plans to use him as bait.

Lee's adopted brother becomes the target. Braxton Hall is offered the opportunity to ransom his brother in return for handing over the Air force's electronic warfare secrets. When an attempted rescue fails, Brax learns of his brother's worsening condition even as he falls in love with a Russian secret agent. Katrina easily manipulates the distraught Braxton into the ultimate betrayal. But the story only grows more complex wit bogus data and Russian agents determined to succeed.

Readers who enjoyed author Charles Cronin's HILL GAMES will relish THE GEMINI TRAP. With a solid background drawn on Cronin's own professional experience as an independent consultant to the aerospace industry, THE GEMINI TRAP presents a riveting tale of espionage and the race to arms during the Vietnam era. The novel's balance of political intrigue and powerful characterizations results in a read that is impossible to put down. Indeed, the moral and ethical dilemma Braxton faces will tempt the most patriotic of hearts. The result is a powerful drama with multilayered depths comes very highly recommended.