"John Ellsworth delivers again! With a plot as relevant as today's headlines, and gripping drama you will wish could not be true: Sakharov The Bear grabs ahold of you and won't let go until the last page. "

"Mr Ellsworth has succeeded is writing a thoroughly engrossing novel in this, the latest in his Michael Gresham series. This time the lawyer and the reader are taken completely out of our comfort zone as Michael finds himself defending a CIA associate in Mother Russia, a cold hearted old woman who turns his universe inside out."

"The versatility of John Ellsworth amazes me. He has created a totally believable read that could be true today, but is fiction. His research is top-notch into the inner workings of the Russian government. I have read every novel he has written. "

"This books grabs you from the first page. Two CIA operatives are on a mission that goes terribly wrong. The location is Russia and we are introduced to the ugly side of the Russian penal system and justice system. The agents find themselves in a lot of trouble because they have killed the son of a man high up in the government. They are tracked down to a CIA safe house and immediately thrown into a Russian jail."