Posted by Jeff on September 30, 2007 at 05:23:01:
In Reply to: Tara and Alena posted by Kurt Ramsey on September 29, 2007 at 14:57:31:
Hmm. I don't think Alena ever comes off as an evil person in any of the books. I don't think you're making a fair comparison. Tara is SpecOps, and Alena worked for the fee, regardless of who paid it. At one point she was an employee of the Russian government, but that was prior to us meeting her.
In fact, I always found Alena likeable, even in Smoker.
: Just got to thinking. Why does Alena come off as a murderous evil person and Tara as a British patriot? They both do the same thing. They both ultimately kill for their flag. Although the people waving the flag for England seem to be shown in a somewhat better light in Greg's Minder One books than the "flag wavers" in the AK novels.