OH BOY WHAT A BOOK

First of all, huge respect to the late David A. McIntee for setting the book in a very interesting period of my home country, as well as not just having the historical characters at the back, but have them as actual characters who struggle with their own problems. Especially Yusupov, who is considering committing the greatest sin.

As well as giving some spotlight to Rasputin, making him a morally ambigious person - not quite confirming whether he was a general hack or was just broken.

Liz and Jo get some great and polarly different action here, I very liked the dynamic between them when they were together.

The Doctor also gets a lot of action - he gets involved in a conspiracy and actually has to wrestle one of the enemies on THE ROOF OF A MOVING TRAIN. This book really does turn the Doctor into James Bond.

But the background characters also don't bore - agent Powell easily stands out. He is always tired and just wants to relax while the Doctor basically throws him in the very middle of the action. Their dynamic is hilarious.

And this book even manages to give the Doctor one of the most chilling scenes connected with what the Laws of Time mean to him. Seriously, that scene alone is worth reading the book.