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


















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 ...