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


















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 ...