Days after its release, James Houston Turner's acclaimed novel, November Echo, soared to the #1 spot on Amazon's espionage thriller list. Turner says he wrote the book in response to requests from readers for more background stories on his signature hero, the intrepid KGB colonel, Aleksandr Talanov, who became a deep-cover spy for America during the Cold War. Says Turner, "What started out as a 7500 word short story quickly grew into a full-fledged novel as characters came to life in ways I hadn't expected. I love it when this happens but maintaining control is like trying to contain a wildfire. It's a [...]