Red Sparrow

IN THEGRAND SPY-TALE TRADITION OF JOHN LE CARRE . . . comes this shocking thriller writtenwith insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer.

Inpresent-day Russia, ruledby blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officerDominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle.Ordered against her will to become a “Sparrow,” a trained seductress, Dominikais assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handlesthe Agency’s most important Russian mole.

Spies havelong relied on the “honey trap,” whereby vulnerable men and women areintimately compromised. Dominika learns these techniques of “sexpionage” inRussia’s secret “Sparrow School,” hidden outside of Moscow. As the actioncareens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States, Dominikaand Nate soon collide in a duel of wills, tradecraft, and—inevitably—forbiddenpassion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. Assecret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nate’s game reaches adeadly crossroads. Soon one of them begins a dangerous double existence in alife-and-death operation that consumes intelligence agencies from Moscow toWashington, DC.

Page bypage, veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews’s Red Sparrow delights andterrifies and fascinates, all while delivering an unforgettable cast, from asadistic Spetsnaz “mechanic” who carries out Putin’s murderous schemes to theweary CIA Station Chief who resists Washington “cake-eaters” to MARBLE, thepriceless Russian mole. Packed with insider detail and written with brio, thistour-de-force novel brims with Matthews’s life experience, including his knowledge ofespionage, counterintelligence, surveillance tradecraft, spy recruitment, cyber-warfare,the Russian use of “spy dust,” and covert communications. Brilliantly composedand elegantly constructed, Red Sparrow is a masterful spy tale liftedfrom the dossiers of intelligence agencies on both sides of the Atlantic.Authentic, tense, and entertaining, this novel introduces Jason Matthews as amajor new American talent.