A story within a story and only the mild-mannered professor can save the day! Professor Mathias King created the characters in the book Attack on America for them to only come into real play when American secret agent Cole Tanner thinks he is the Soviet Union agent Viktor Dragunov. King must become his book's protagonist Nick Nolan. Lots of action, twists, and turns. Some spots are slow, but the action picks up quickly. 3.5/5 stars

This thriller with the unlikeliest of heroes will keep you turning the pages long into the night. Orloff marries a gripping plot with a clever conceit (a villain who believes himself to be a fictional character and that character’s creator who gets a bit of wish-fulfillment in helping to capture him). At the center of it all are the characters – both “real” and fictional – whom readers are sure to respond to. Here’s hoping we see a few of them again in the future.

From the pages of the novel to the pages of the news. That's exactly what happens in Alan Orloff's thriller, "Pray for the Innocent." Military hero Cole Tanner, through modern science, takes on the persona of Viktor Dragunov, a Russian mole sworn to destroy America. Dragunov, however, is not a real person, but actually a literary figure created by best-selling author Matthias King. When things go awry, King is called from the cloistered halls of academia, to help the military deal with their problem. The action continues from start to finish in this thoroughly enjoyable novel as plots and sub-plots abound.

It was a novel that as a sci fi thriller that proves that the road to hell is paved in good intentions. The reason is because a guy was brought back form the dead