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


















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 ...