The Reviews Are In
"Bullet-paced and psychologically engaging" -- The New York Times
"Frighteningly believable" -- The Dallas Morning News
"Heart-pumping adventure" -- USA Today
"One of the best espionage novels of all time" -- The Wall Street Journal
"Superior entertainment" -- The Washington Post
"Action-packed" -- Kirkus
"Compelling... riveting" -- Publishers Weekly
"Terrific" -- NPR
"The best spy thriller in a long, long while" -- The Kansas City Star
"Lean and just mean enough" -- The St. Petersburg Times
"Vividly real and scary" -- Booklist
"Will have readers captivated" -- Chicago Sun-Times
"Ingeniously paced and fast-plotted" -- Library Journal
"An extraordinary achievement" -- The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
"Rises above the thriller genre" -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch


















Alex Berenson was born in New York in 1973 and grew up in Englewood, N.J. After graduating from Yale University in 1994 with degrees in history and economics, he joined the Denver Post as a reporter. In 1996, he became one of the first emp ...