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


















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 ...