The Romanov Ransom

A CZAR'S RANSOM

That was the price Russia demanded for release of top CIA agent Ward Grant, a prisoner in the brutal Soviet Gulag.

Twelve Imperial Easter eggs - crown jewels exquisitely crafted by Faberge. Worth millions, they had vanished when the Royal Family fled Russia. With them went the secret of the Romanovs.

A crack CIA team - Henryk Kessel and beautiful Leslie Monroe - scoured two continents in a desperate search. They were not alone. Others, including the KGB itself, would stop at nothing to get the jewels. They knew far more than fabled treasure was at stake.