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


















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 ...