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


















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 ...