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In 1916, fearing a German victory in World War 1, two trains full of gold and ancient artifacts are dispatched to Russia as part of safety measures by the Romanian authorities. However, in the chaos of the war the treasure gets lost and scattered. Almost a century later, it is valued at $3.5 billion. Attempts to recover the treasure prove futile. Until the hunters — an elite maverick team of ‘renegades’ who are experts in their own right — step in. Financed by a billionaire philanthropist Jean Marc Papineau, the team — comprising Jack Cobb, ex-military specialist with ‘washboard abs’, Josh McNutt, decorated ‘former Marine sniper’ and security expert, Hector Garcia, computer genius with a ‘photographic memory’, Sarah Ellis, former CIA agent who is expert in security systems, border crossings as well as a ‘specialist thief’, Jasmine Park, a ‘historian’ who is fluent in many languages — is out to hunt down the treasure and pocket $5 million each. It is but natural that this ultimate squad faces dangerous adversaries, who are baying for their blood at each step. There are Russian cops Victor Borovsky and Anna Rusinko close on their tail, but the major opposition stems from the ‘Black Robes’, a ‘deadly, dedicated and unafraid’ army of men, who are ardent followers of Russian mystic and faith-healer Gregori Rasputin, and led by the ruthless Grigori Yefimovich Sidorov. From one-to-one skirmishes to an entire train being chased by men on horses, motorcycles, Panzer tanks and assault vehicles, the hunters face it all in pursuit of the treasure that will become their gateway to a world of luxury. Amid all this is the biggest question...do they succeed? The author’s knowledge of weapons, combat styles and military maneouvres is cutting-edge. Kuzneski’s graphic imagery is intriguing as well as compelling, as is his geographical acumen and geopolitical understanding. The Hunters indeed makes for an explosive plot of a Hollywood blockbuster.
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A
perfect plot for a roller-coaster, edge-of-the-seat; a la Mission
Impossible Hollywood movie is what Chris Kuzneski’s The
Hunters offers. Suspension of belief is mandatory as one goes
through page after page of this intense thriller, which takes you back
and forth in time; from Bucharest to New York to the vast hostile
tracts of the Russian tundra.