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


















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 ...