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


















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 ...