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