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Fiction often mirrors truth. And you get just as close as you want to be to nonfictionin this fast-paced novel that turned the turmoil surrounding the U.S. BobsledFederation into shocking international intrigue. The pace is faster than a sled onice and it races from Lake Placid, New York to the burrow of the CIA at Langley, Virginia to rebelling Latvia and its ancient rift with the Soviet Union during the finaldays of the Cold War. It's scary enough to set even a seasoned CIA agent's hair onend.Cold War history was made in Riga, Latvia when the Soviet Minister ofSports made an astonishing statement at a press conference he and Miller held toannounce that the Soviet Bobsled Team would visit Lake Placid to take part inthe 10th anniversary of the 1980 Olympic Games. When asked: Who invited theAmericans to the Soviet Union, the Minister of Sports responded: I did not invitethe Americans. The Latvian Socialist State debated for three months about howto handle the invitation and they made the decision to invite the Americanswithout first seeking permission from Moscow. It is believed that this was the firstpublic statement made by a Soviet Official that Latvia would no longer be underMoscow's rule! The Minister of Sports was later executed for crimes against theSoviet government.A novel that is difficult to put down once you begin to read!