Tim Powers
The intriguing premise of this novel is that the Cold War was, in part, fought with spiritual weapons. Specifically, fallen angels, the genii of Middle Eastern legend. More substantial than most “secret histories”, it’s Stephen King meets John LeCarre’. Powers says he never changes an historical event, which makes his ability fabricate the “true story” behind those events even more impressive. Reading this is an much fun as reading the early Robert Ludlum thrillers.