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


















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 ...