The Counterfeit Agent by Alex Berenson

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Alex Berenson
• Title: The Counterfeit Agent (A John Wells Novel)
• Publisher: ‎G. P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication Date: February 2014
• Language: ‎English
• Format: Hardcover – 374 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0399159738
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0399159732
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.36 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Good (minor discoloration on the page edges.) Good condition is defined as a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages and cover are intact and the cover is in good condition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Synopsis:

“Berenson’s strength is his deep understanding of geopolitics and of the shoddy compromises it demands. He clearly has excellent contacts in the world of shadows. Wells is a complex and satisfying protagonist, tackling bad guys across the world’s conflict zones.”–The New York Times Book Review

John Wells goes undercover as the threat of nuclear war skyrockets between the United States and Iran, in the cutting-edge new novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author.

 

In an Istanbul hotel, a deep source warns a CIA agent that Iran intends to kill a CIA station chief. Quickly, John Wells is called in to investigate, but before he can get far, the tip comes true. Which means that the next warning the source gives will be taken very seriously indeed. And it’s a big one. We’ve put a package on a ship from Dubai to the United States. A radioactive one. A bomb? Not yet. It’s a test run.

As the threat level jumps and the government mobilizes, something still doesn’t smell right to Wells’s old CIA boss Ellis Shafer, and so he sends Wells on a private mission to find out what’s going on. But the two of them are swimming against the tide. From Guatemala to Thailand to Hong Kong to Istanbul, Wells uses every skill he has, including his ability to go undercover in the Arab world, to chase down leads. But it might not be enough. Soon there might be nothing anyone can do to pull the United States back from the brink of war.

About the Author:

Alex Berenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the John Wells series, including The Faithful Spy, which won the 2007 Edgar Award for best first novel. As a reporter for The New York Times, Berenson covered topics ranging from the occupation of Iraq—where he was stationed for three months—to the flooding of New Orleans, to the world pharmaceutical industry, to the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff. He graduated from Yale University in 1994 with degrees in history and economics, and lives in New York City.