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


















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 ...