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