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Red Sparrow
(2013)(The first book in the Dominika Egorova & Nathaniel Nash series)
A novel by Jason Matthews
2014 Barry Award for Best Thriller (nominee)
2014 Edgar Award for Best First Novel
2014 ITW Award for Best First Novel
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From the New York Times bestselling author and veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews comes the electrifying modern spy thriller Red Sparrow.
In contemporary Russia, state intelligence officer Dominika Egorova has been drafted to become a ‘Sparrow’a spy trained in the art of seduction to elicit information from their marks. She’s been assigned to Nathaniel Nash, a CIA officer who handles the organization’s most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. The two young intelligence officers, trained in their respective spy schools, collide in a charged atmosphere of tradecraft, deception and, inevitably, a forbidden spiral of carnal attraction that threatens their careers and the security of America��s valuable mole in Moscow.
For fans of John le Carré and Ian Fleming and featuring ‘high-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents, and double crosses’ (Nelson DeMille), Red Sparrow is a timely and electrifying thriller that is impossible to put down.
Genre: Thriller
From the New York Times bestselling author and veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews comes the electrifying modern spy thriller Red Sparrow.
In contemporary Russia, state intelligence officer Dominika Egorova has been drafted to become a ‘Sparrow’a spy trained in the art of seduction to elicit information from their marks. She’s been assigned to Nathaniel Nash, a CIA officer who handles the organization’s most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. The two young intelligence officers, trained in their respective spy schools, collide in a charged atmosphere of tradecraft, deception and, inevitably, a forbidden spiral of carnal attraction that threatens their careers and the security of America��s valuable mole in Moscow.
For fans of John le Carré and Ian Fleming and featuring ‘high-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents, and double crosses’ (Nelson DeMille), Red Sparrow is a timely and electrifying thriller that is impossible to put down.
Genre: Thriller
Praise for this book
"Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like RED SPARROW come along. Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life and this story, and it shows on every page. High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What more can any reader want?" - Nelson DeMille
"A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. He s an insider s insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you." - Vince Flynn
"All the tradecraft and cat-and-mouse tension of a classic spy thriller a terrific read." - Joseph Kanon
"A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. He s an insider s insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you." - Vince Flynn
"All the tradecraft and cat-and-mouse tension of a classic spy thriller a terrific read." - Joseph Kanon
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