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


















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 ...