Elena's Rabkrin handler advises her to take up drinking, in order to cope with the evil acts required to appease the Mother of Catastrophes.Guy Burgess, largely a result of seeing the djinn's Nightmare Face after the death of his father. Powers has acknowledged that much of the novel was influenced by the works of John le Carré, while the supernatural occurrences have a distinct Lovecraftian flavour to them. At its center: the British spy and defector, Kim Philby, and his links with the djinn. It is written as a Secret History, postulating that there are supernatural events occurring behind the scenes of otherwise-mundane occurrences. A 2001 spy novel by Tim Powers, Declare follows British agent Andrew Hale through a covert Cold War operation with roots in the intricacies of the Great Game and a distinct supernatural bent.
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