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


















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 ...