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