1954: The Winter Soldier is the Soviet Union's greatest weapon. Assigned
the most dangerous covert missions from the USSR's secret military
branch, and guided by a handler who knows him better than he knows
himself, he has only one purpose: to obey orders.
But he wasn't always the Winter Soldier . . .
1941: As World War II begins, sixteen-year-old Bucky Barnes is
determined to enlist in the US army--if only the local commander will
stop getting in his way. When Bucky is offered enrollment in a training
program with the British Special Operations Executive--the UK's secret
service--he leaps at the chance to become a hero. But Bucky has hardly
touched down in London when he finds himself running from a mysterious
assassin and accompanied by an English chess champion fond of red
lipstick and double crosses. She's in possession of a secret every side
is desperate to get their hands on. If only they knew what it was . .
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Decades later, the Winter Soldier struggles to solve the same mystery
Bucky is just beginning to uncover. As their missions intersect across
time, their lives collide too--in a way that neither of them would have
expected, and that will change the course of their respective wars.
In The Winter Soldier: Cold Front, New York Times best-selling
author Mackenzi Lee explores the youth of one of Marvel's most
compelling characters, James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes--and the enemy
soldier he is forced to become.