As the Twelve begin to do their thing, Aleksei begins to realize -at great cost- that perhaps their methods are overkill, and that there is indeed something… different, about them.
Russia is threatened by the invading forces of Napoleon, and Dmitry, the man who once saved Aleksei’s life, brings help – the Oprichniki, a group of Twelve mercenaries that have been hired to help sabotage Napoleon’s advance. Twelve follows the story of Aleksei, a soldier-spy in the Russian army, who, together with three long-time friends and comrades, does the work behind the scenes that slow down entire armies. 🙂įirst off, I thouroughly enjoyed this book! I’ve never read any of Jasper’s novels before, and honestly, when Emily at Random House SA sent the first ARC through I gave it to one of my friends – he’s a huge fan of historical fiction and holds in high esteem the likes of Iggulden and Durham, and I had lots of Fantasy and Sci-Fi novels to get through, but when the second ARC arrived, I thought, Well, this means I have to read it! I’m a big believer in events that are fated to happen, and I’m pretty sure the reading of Twelve was one of them.
I finished this book two days ago, and I’m only posting the review now because we seem to have used up our bandwidth at home for the month.
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