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


















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 ...