The Coldest War

The Coldest War is the second of Ian Tregillis's triptych about an alternative history of the Second World War and its aftermath. The first book, Bitter Seeds, mainly covered the period from the Spanish Civil War until the defeat of Nazi Germany. This novel picks up the main characters in the early 1960s, about 20 years after the end of the first book. It is at the height of the cold war.
Of course it is a cold war unlike the one we knew. How could it be otherwise when Soviet supermen contest with British warlocks? This book provides a lot of suspense and action and some really unusual magic. At the end the world literally hangs in the balance. (Avoiding spoilers – there is resolution, but all is not resolved.)
I await the third section of the triptych.