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


















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 ...