Falling Stars

<strong>Great novel.</strong><br /><br />Author always does research before writing and what he knows from his past employment. This third book Kyle Achilles lost his job, because Ivan deceived him. Now he has to step ahead of him and get the ghost. Plot full of twists, fast moving story and will keep you up way past of bed time.

Two distressed heroes. <br />Three dastardly crimes. <br />And the slickest heists of all time. <br /><br />A mysterious summons lures Kyle Achilles to a midnight meeting that shocks the world and sets a master plan in motion. <br /><br />Meanwhile, his former partner also enters a terrible trap. It’s ingenious and unprecedented, but just a hint of what’s to follow. <br /><br />Achilles and Jo join forces against the cunning culprit, but time is tight and the pressure is great. The Russian is not just making millions with his clever crimes—he’s waging war on the United States. <br /><br />There are plenty of twist and turns, along with an interesting and exciting plot. And once again Achilles is in pursuit of Ivan the Ghost. Teamed up with a former French CIA agent, Achilles finds himself hunted by the FBI and CIA, while trying to get one step ahead of his adversary<br /><br />Ivan the Ghost was a very smart man, and he had developed a drone called the ‘Raven’. This drone was quite unique as it had a special claw to grab hold of people, along with a Taser to disable them. The problem for Kyle Achilles and Josephine Monfort is that Ivan had a long memory, and he was a very patient and clever man.<br /><br />Falling Stars is a fast-paced thriller you'll want to share with friends, especially if like me they love their action thrillers.<br /><br />We all know the background of the author and the research he does, so it is frightened if all this fiction could be fact!<br /><br />PS Best if you read Book one, a short story that introduces Kyle Achilles.

This third entry in the Kyle Achilles was cutting edge when it was written, but now it seems so two years ago. <br /><br />A criminal mastermind uses drones for fun and profit, framing Achilles for murdering the head of the CIA. Achilles and an old partner travel the world foiling the plot. I felt like the book needed a lot more Katya. She makes Achilles seem real.

Brilliant. There are some books that just can’t pull yourself away from with the need to find out what’s going to happen, and this is definitely one of those stories. Action Thrillers are one of my favourite genres, and Tim Tigner has done an amazing job with this book. There are plenty of twist and turns, along with an interesting and exciting plot. Kyle Achilles really is a great character.<br />Ivan the Ghost was a very smart man, and he had developed a drone called the ‘Raven’. This drone was quite unique as it had a special claw to grab hold of people, along with a Taser to disable them. The problem for Kyle Achilles and Josephine Monfort is that Ivan had a long memory, and he was a very patient man. He hadn’t forgotten that they had both tried to capture him years ago, and now he was out for revenge. This is a clever book, and very well written. All in all it’s fabulous novel and well worth a read.<br />

‘A big black UFO. No, not a UFO. A drone.’<br /><br />The movie star handsome, ‘man’s man’ Tim Tigner comes to his role as a novelist specializing in political intrigue with a rich background. His academic preparation is a combination of mathematics and philosophy with psychology and radiology, but after academia his instinct for investigation and thrill seeking led him to serve in the Green Berets, specializing in Russian and Soviet counterintelligence. When Perestroika/Glasnost ‘opened’ Russia (or at least by their definition made it more transparent) led to the fall of the Berlin wall, Tigner’s direction shifted from espionage to arbitrage and he moved form Russia to Brussels where he witnessed the formation of the European Union: his change in focus shifted back to the US and further degrees in business and International Studies and settled in the Silicon Valley as a corporate type in the medical device industry. And as if that background weren’t sufficient he continued his travels around the world expending energy as scuba diver, skier, actor, mountain climber, a hand glider, a parachuter, and in every sense of the word an adventurer. Now he follows his obsession with reading thrillers by writing them.<br /><br />Having read most of Tim’s novels it always comes a surprise that he doesn’t repeat himself. There are ‘recipe format espionage books’ – keep one central character everyone recognizes then populate the story with the expected clones of ‘good’ vs. ‘bad’ people. That is where Tim steps aside like a matador and creates each novel with a fresh outlook and cast. And so evolved the Kyle Achilles series of which this is Book 3.<br /><br />Tim’s short form of Book 1 PUSHING BRILLIANCE of this impressive series reads as follows: ‘Framed for murder and on the run, former Olympic biathlete Kyle Achilles is also in the crosshairs of assassins' guns. Why? He has no idea. He's fighting blind against two master strategists and one extraordinary invention--known as Brillyanc. Achilles' only ally is the other prime suspect, a beautiful Russian mathematician who is either the best or worst person to ever enter his life. Katya was engaged to Achilles' brother -- before he died. Chasing clues while dodging bullets, Achilles and Katya race around the globe, uncovering a conspiracy conceived in Moscow, born in Silicon Valley, and destined to demolish both the White House and the Kremlin. Along the way a lost soul finds purpose, a broken heart confronts forbidden love, and America gains a new hero.’ And continuing with Book 2 THE LAND OF SPIES –‘ The American President sent him, the Russian President caught him, the Free World is counting on him…but he doesn’t remember…Journey beneath the diplomatic veneer of international politics and beyond the reach of conventional military operations into the epicenter of clandestine affairs -- where diplomats dance and spies collide in wars that never make the news. For the next step in its expansionist agenda, the Kremlin devises a covert coup far more devastating than Bin Laden's most dangerous dream. With the American economy in his crosshairs, Russian President Vladimir Korovin picks suitable pawns and pulls sizable levers, initiating the boldest gambit the world has ever seen. Halfway around the world, the White House develops a plan for derailing Russian aggression. A way-off-the-books, high-risk, high-reward plan. American President William Silver identifies the perfect person for his impossible mission: former CIA operative Kyle Achilles. With their plans in place and their spies undercover, each president is confident that he has outplayed the other -- until everything goes wrong.’<br /><br />So now in Book 3 FALLING STARS ‘A mysterious summons lures Kyle Achilles to a midnight meeting that shocks the world and sets a master plan in motion. Meanwhile, his former partner also enters a terrible trap. It’s ingenious and unprecedented, but just a hint of what’s to follow. Achilles and Jo join forces against the cunning culprit, but time is tight and the pressure is great. The Russian is not just making millions with his clever crimes—he’s waging war on the United States.’<br /><br />Couple these harrowing facts with Tigner’s gift for transplanting his characters into situations that seem destined to destruction and yet manipulating them out with keen pacing and skill and there you have yet another thriller by the gifted Tim Tigner. He writes so well that one could quite easily become addicted. Smart, sophisticated and always with a surprise at the turn of every page, Tigner simply has it.

?FREE on Amazon today (5/31/2018)!?<br /><br />Blurb:<br />Two distressed heroes. <br />Three dastardly crimes. <br />And the slickest heists of all time. <br /><br />Imagine Bin Laden meets Bernie Madoff—and hold on for the ride. <br /><br />⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ <br /><br />A mysterious summons lures Kyle Achilles to a midnight meeting that shocks the world and sets a master plan in motion.<br /><br />Meanwhile, his former partner also enters a terrible trap. It’s ingenious and unprecedented, but just a hint of what’s to follow.<br /><br />Achilles and Jo join forces against the cunning culprit, but time is tight and the pressure is great. The Russian is not just making millions with his clever crimes—he’s waging war on the United States. <br /><br />Come for the characters, stay for the surprises. Falling Stars is a fast-paced thriller you'll want to share with friends.

Now I know it's not the series end, but so far there is no new book to be published in sight, so for now I'll have to look for another author to sate my craving for a good spy thriller.

Punch and counter-punch. A heady spy treat. Like the James Bond books the technology is a high point. Beware of drones.

<strong>Attack of the Drones</strong><br /><br />This book made me think of the lyrics in the song "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane: “Feed your head." Tim Tigner's books are scary smart. The intelligence he displays in crafting truly ingenious techno-thrillers puts him in a class by himself. In Falling Stars, he has found a way to use drones as weapons of personal destruction rather than mass destruction. The evil plan devised Kyle Achilles' nemesis Ivan the Ghost (Book 1 in the series) will leave you completely paranoid every time you see or hear people playing with drones anywhere near you.<br /><br />Falling Stars reunites Kyle with Jo Monfort, his partner in Book 1 and introduces Rip Zonder, who, hopefully, will continue to work with Kyle in future adventures. And although Katya, Kyle's fiancée, is isolated for most of the book, it is she that provides the emotional impetus that drives Kyle to remove Ivan once and for all.<br /><br />So, this book has it all -- outrageously brilliant plot, smart but twisted villain, non-stop action from the U.S. to Europe, Russia and beyond and an emotionally satisfying ending. This one stays with you after you close the back cover. I wish I could give it more stars!<br />

The third in the Kyle Achilles series, Falling Stars provides the same explosive punch as its predecessors. It’s not necessary to have read the earlier novels, but it might help.<br /><br />Tigner once again focuses his story around a technological innovation used for nefarious ends. In this case, it is kidnapping via drone. And once again Achilles is in pursuit of Ivan the Ghost. Teamed up with a former French CIA agent, Achilles finds himself hunted by the FBI and CIA, while trying to get one step ahead of the arch-criminal who is his nemesis.<br /><br />If you like thrillers paired with technology, you’ll love Tim Tigner’s books. Give yourself a gift and get this one. You won’t be disappointed.