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