Jason  Matthews
In the grand spy-tale tradition of John le CarrÃ© comes this shocking thriller written with insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer. ,In present-day Russia, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her will to become a â€œSparrow,â€ a trained seductress, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agencyâ€™s most important Russian mole.,Spies have long relied on the â€œhoney trap,â€ whereby vulnerable men and women are intimately compromised. Dominika learns these techniques of â€œsexpionageâ€ in Russiaâ€™s secret â€œSparrow School,â€ hidden outside of Moscow. As the action careens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States, Dominika and Nate soon collide in a duel of wills, tradecraft, andâ€”inevitablyâ€”forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. As secret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nateâ€™s game reaches a deadly crossroads. Soon one of them begins a dangerous double existence in a life-and-death operation that consumes intelligence agencies from Moscow to Washington, DC.,Page by page, veteran CIA officer Jason Matthewsâ€™s ,Red Sparrow, delights and terrifies and fascinates, all while delivering an unforgettable cast, from a sadistic Spetsnaz â€œmechanicâ€ who carries out Putinâ€™s murderous schemes to the weary CIA Station Chief who resists Washington â€œcake-eatersâ€ to MARBLE, the priceless Russian mole. Packed with insider detail and written with brio, this tour-de-force novel brims with Matthewsâ€™s life experience, including his knowledge of espionage, counterintelligence, surveillance tradecraft, spy recruitment, cyber-warfare, the Russian use of â€œspy dust,â€ and covert communications. Brilliantly composed and elegantly constructed, ,Red Sparrow, is a masterful spy tale lifted from the dossiers of intelligence agencies on both sides of the Atlantic. Authentic, tense, and entertaining, this novel introduces Jason Matthews as a major new American talent.
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Red Sparrow