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| The Romanov Prophecy: A Novel | 
| Author: Steve Berry
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  129 reviews
Sales Rank: 13645
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0345504399
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780345504395
ASIN: 0345504399
Publication Date: November 27, 2007
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Product Description
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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 fast paced thriller! October 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
ok, as of this morning i've now read all of steve berry's books, i've enjoyed them all! this one was really good, i liked the plot, the history, the action scenes, well, everything!
highly recommemded!
 Decent paced novel October 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read several of Steve Berry's books and this one is a pretty good page turner. It's a well crafted idea inspired from old Russian legends and conspiracy theories. The characters are believeable but I have to say that I thought Miles Lord just didn't get it. He didn't seem to notice the obvious (when it came to his nemesis) although everyone around him did.
One thing that Berry does is replay the same scenes using different vantage points. Maybe it is used more frquently than I think but his are the only books I've read that do that. It's an effective technique.
Overall the book is a fairly enjoyable ride. A new copy is a good buy but even a better buy would be some of these used copies selling for some spare change.
 Gag. August 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
OK, I can go along with the notion of Russians wanting to see the monarchy restored -- I know more than a few who feel that way. The notion of that being accomplished by a commission is something of a stretch, but hey, it's fiction -- no problem. The mafiya involvement in every aspect of Russian life -- that isn't even fiction. But, let's see, a failed Russian economy, the survival of *both* Anastasia and Alexei, the rehabilitation of Felix Yussoupov, and oh yes, let's not forget "Bloody Nicholas"...well... In an interview printed at the back of the paperback version, Steve Berry admits he first wrote this thing in 1997. Hint, Steve: If your publisher asks for your Next Great American, and you just happen to have one stashed in the drawer that was rejected by 17 major publishers (for reasons only too apparent) -- AT LEAST UPDATE THE THING. Sticking Putin's name next to Yeltsin's doesn't count as updating. There's only so much that the Fiction tag will excuse. (Oh, and your ignorance of the Russian Soul, not to mention Russian history, is too painful to be borne.)
 Must be his first June 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For Steve Berry, the search is the thing. This could not be more true for the main characters are poorly developed. The hero Miles Lord is black because he has to be (read the book) and he is totally unbelievable as is his boss - and villain - Taylor Hayes. Lord is pursued by a trio of bad guys who makes the three stooges seem like Elliot Ness. If these guys had failed, most authors would have had their bosses kill them off after the first miss rather than transport them halfway around the world to fail for the umpteenth time. What should be dramatic becomes truly funny. The search for the Romanov's shows Berry's lack of skill at this point in is career.
No survivors May 1, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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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