The Witch Who Came In From The Cold ..., Lindsay Smith
The Witch Who Came In From The Cold ..., Lindsay Smith
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The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Book 1

Author: Lindsay Smith, Max Gladstone, Cassandra Rose Clarke

Narrator: John Glouchevitch, Christine Helen Lakin

Unabridged: 18 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Serial Box

Published: 05/09/2024


Synopsis

Welcome to Prague, 1970: ground zero in a Cold War of spies and sorcerers. The streets are a deadly chessboard on which the CIA and KGB make their moves, little dreaming that a deeper game is being played between the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame, ancient organizations that seek to harness elemental magic.

Tanya Morozova is a KGB officer and the latest in a long of Ice sorceresses; Gabe Pritchard is a CIA officer and reluctant Ice recruit. Enemies at one turn, but forced into alliances at the next, their relationship is as explosive as the Cold War itself.

Praise for The Witch Who Came in from the Cold:

Those who like to mix magic, spycraft, and secret history should enjoy this—it may please fans of Stross's Laundry series. (Locus Magazine)

Full of fast-paced, high-intensity action paired with magic at a level that has not been seen until now, with a cliff-hanger that lets readers know that the game is not over and has only just begun.(The San Francisco Book Review)

The Witch Who Came in from the Cold is a chilly evocation of a different kind of Cold War. (Charles Stross, author of the Laundry Files series)

Take a double shot of Le Carré, a dash of Deighton, a twist of Quiller, a splash of Al Stewart's The Year of the Cat, throw in a jigger full of elemental magic, mix well... and voilà! The Witch Who Came In From The Cold.(Victor Milán, author of The Dinosaur Lords}

The occult love child of John le Carre and The Sandbaggers. (Marie Brennan, author of A Natural History of Dragons)

As soon as I saw that, I was instantly hooked, and the pilot jacked the intrigue to the max. Two female Soviet spy witches, an American spy with something weird drilling magical holes in his head, and a world of secrets within secrets in a locale where old-world myth and the Cold War face off, pedal to the metal . . . it's awesome. Or as we said in 1970, Far out. (Sherwood Smith, author of Crown Duel)

The installments are easy to read one at a time, but the tangles of alliances, secrets, and shocking double-crosses will have readers up all night mumbling, 'Just one more.' (Publishers Weekly)

About Christine Helen Lakin

Christine Helen Lakin is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Alicia "Al" Lambert on the 1990s ABC/CBS sitcom Step by Step. She also played Joan of Arc on Showtime's Reefer Madness, was the sidekick on Craig Kilborn's 2010 Fox talk show The Kilborn File, and provides the voice of Joyce Kinney in Family Guy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Althea on February 06, 2017

As is obvious from the title, this story takes its inspiration from John le Carré, with its retro depiction of spies and double agents. In 1970s Prague, the CIA and the KGB dance around each other, their social circles and stomping grounds weirdly overlapping as agents maintain their cover stories a......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 01, 2017

The Witch Who Came in from the Cold mixes Cold War intrigue with urban fantasy to create a fantastic and original story. Before I say anything else, I should note that The Witch Who Came in from the Cold is a Serial Box story. Serial Box is a fairly new company that releases “episodes” of serial stor......more

Goodreads review by Paul on January 16, 2020

between 3 and a half and 3 3/4 stars......more

Goodreads review by Bmquiram on August 22, 2017

I really enjoyed the setting and the style the book was set up in. The natural breaks in the story provided a excellent place for me to take a break from the story. Each episode was basically the perfect length for one sitting. The down side of this was that I found it hard to pick up the book again......more

Goodreads review by jordan! on February 22, 2017

I loved this. I loved this so much. Buying season two of this was the most worthwhile thing I could have done. Ever. Fantasy and historical fiction (especially with a focus on Eastern Europe) are my two favorite genres and this blends them perfectly into a mix I really can't get enough of. Very exci......more


Quotes

The installments are easy to read one at a time, but the tangles of alliances, secrets, and shocking double-crosses will have readers up all night mumbling, 'Just one more.'