A Train To Poteva...And my own memories

From the moment I started reading "A Train To Potevka" I was hooked and couldn't put it down. I love spy novels and I am an avid 007 fan. But to me, it was more than a spy novel, it was a walk down memory lane.

While I never visited Russia, although I would have loved to, (well, not the Soviet Union, but the Russia how it was in the olden days under the Czar) reading the book brought back sweet memories of the time when my husband and I first dated, back in Germany.

When Randy and I met, he was a young Captain in the US Armee, stationed at Graves Kaserne in Aschaffenburg, Germany, my hometown. Everything about him was exciting and fascinating. Military life was fascinating. So many new impressions, so much to take in.

I had forgotten the feelings I felt in certain situations...until...I read "A Train To Potevka" and the chapter where Mike Ramsdell describes his experiences as a young Lieutenant in Bavaria, Germany. Some of the places he describes I have visited also...and if it wasn't for me dating my husband back then, I may have never visited them. It was also Randy who brought me to Heidelberg and who made me take part in my very first (and last) Volksmarch. Oftentimes we take things for granted if we are natives and we don't appreciate them as much as those visiting.

Because of all these memories, "A Train To Potevka" will have a special place in my heart and on my bookshelf. It has been a very suspenseful book, one which I will certainly read again and again.

A Train To Potevka will take you on an incredible winter's journey across Great Mother Russia along the 6,000-mile Trans-Siberian Railway. This fascinating story about an American intelligence agent from a small town in the Rockies, is a tale of failed espionage, escape, and second chances.

You can buy it at a discount at my bookstore.