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Taut Spy Action Takes Place Over Tea 'At The Table Of Wolves'

Kay Kenyon's new thriller is set in an alternate-history version of World War II, where the traumas of the previous war caused a bloom of psychic talents — talents the Nazis want to exploit.
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"Earlier that evening, she had found an old revolver in her father's room. But she had left it where it lay, for what good would it do to carry it? If it came to guns, her enemies used them better."

Which is true, absolutely. If it comes down to a gun battle, Kim Tavistock, heroine of Kay Kenyon's new novel, , would be completely outmatched. Same could be said for a fistfight, a strident argument, a mild disagreement and, in one case, a walk over uneven ground in a sudden snow.

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