Point of View

This story is told from an omniscient third person point of view. The omniscient point of view allows the author to tell a complete story of what is happening in both the SVR and CIA instead of focusing on just one character or following one character’s point of view. The story is told without bias but it is clear which characters are considered heroes and which ones are villains. Dominika and Nate, for instance, are heroes while Putin and Gorelikov are among the villains. The omniscient point of view allows the narrator to describe the thoughts, actions, and motivations of characters in Moscow’s SVR, like Shylokov, as well as the ones in America’s CIA offices, like Benford and Forsyth. While the thoughts and motivations of some characters, like Audrey, are never shared with the reader. The reader is never told exactly why...