The Reviews Are In
"The best spy thriller in a long, long while" -- The Kansas City Star
"Superior entertainment" -- The Washington Post
"Terrific" -- NPR
"Frighteningly believable" -- The Dallas Morning News
"One of the best espionage novels of all time" -- The Wall Street Journal
"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.)
"Lean and just mean enough" -- The St. Petersburg Times
"Heart-pumping adventure" -- USA Today
"Compelling... riveting" -- Publishers Weekly
"Action-packed" -- Kirkus
"Rises above the thriller genre" -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Bullet-paced and psychologically engaging" -- The New York 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 ...