Synopses & Reviews
Roger Ferris is one of the CIA's soldiers in the war on terrorism. He has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an intense mission to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as Suleiman. Ferris's plan for getting inside Suleiman's tent is inspired by a masterpiece of British intelligence during World War II: He prepares a body of lies, literally the corpse of an imaginary CIA officer who appears to have accomplished the impossible by recruiting an agent within the enemy's ranks.
This scheme binds friend and foe in a web of extraordinary subtlety and complexity, and when it begins to unravel, Ferris finds himself flying blind into a hurricane. His only hope is the urbane head of Jordan's intelligence service a man who might be an Arab version of John le Carre's celebrated spy, George Smiley. But can Ferris trust him?
Review
"Many spy novelists are still adjusting to the post-9/11 world, but Mr. Ignatius has made the transition handily, no doubt aided by the fact that more than two decades ago he was already alive to the dangers brewing." Wall Street Journal
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"[Ignatius] skillfully creates the sights and sounds and emotions of wartime Middle East, and its deceptions and desires, taking us on a tour from Jordan to Iraq to Germany to Turkey and Washington." Dallas Morning News
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"Ignatius falls into the same trap that snared so many of his predecessors, from Ian Fleming to even the hallowed John Le Carre: creating female characters and romantic relationships that trade on the most cartoonish of stereotypes." St. Petersburg Times
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"The novel reads like an insider's narrative, which propels the clever and crafty yarn every step of the way." Providence Journal
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The novel made into the major motion picture released October 2008, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe: "Clever [and] well-paced, is hard to put down."--John Miller,
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'A tale of counterterrorism from an author who \"ranks with Graham Greene in his knowledge of espionage and the human heart\" (
Publishers Weekly).\n
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Synopsis
CIA soldier Roger Ferris has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an intense mission-- to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as "Suleiman." Ferris's plan is inspired by a masterpiece of British intelligence during World War II: He prepares a body of lies, literally the corpse of an imaginary CIA officer who appears to have accomplished the impossible by recruiting an agent within the enemy's ranks.
This scheme binds friend and foe in a web of extraordinary subtlety and complexity. When it begins to unravel, Ferris finds himself flying blind into a hurricane. His only hope is the urbane head of Jordan's intelligence service. But can Ferris trust him?
About the Author
David Ignatius, a prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post, has been covering the Middle East and the CIA for more than twenty-five years. He is the author of several novels, including Agents of Innocence.