Palace of Treason: A Novelvolume 2 (Red Sparrow Trilogy) - Softcover

Matthews, Photographer Jason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 147679376X ISBN 13: 9781476793764

Publisher: Scribner Book Company, 2017

Synopsis

Red Sparrow is now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton!

From the bestselling, Edgar Award-winning author of the "terrifically good" (The New York Times) Red Sparrow, a pulse-pounding novel about star-crossed Russian agent Dominika Egorova and CIA's Nate Nash in a desperate race to the finish.

Captain Dominika Egorova of the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR) has returned from the West to Moscow and the Center, the headquarters of her service. She finds things worse than when she left. She despises the men she serves, the oligarchs, and crooks, and thugs of Putin's Russia. What no one knows is that Dominika is working for CIA as Washington's most sensitive penetration of SVR and the Kremlin.

Complicating the mortal risks Dominika must take is the fact that she is in love with her CIA handler, Nate Nash, a lust that is as dangerous to both of them as committing espionage in Moscow. Dominika's life is further complicated when Russian President Putin casts ice-blue eyes in her direction. As she expertly dodges exposure, Dominika deals with a murderously psychotic boss, survives an Iranian assassination attempt, and tries to rescue an arrested double agent--and thwart Putin's threatening flirtations. These things never end well.

"Jason Matthews has resurrected the spy novel...to reflect the deadly serious stakes of the new Cold War. On a scale of one to five stars, Palace of Treason is a six" (New York Journal of Books). A grand, wildly entertaining ride through the steel-trap mind of a CIA insider, this is a story "as suspenseful and cinematic as the best spy movies" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

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Review:

"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

"I read till eleven and woke up at five a.m. to finish this book. If it doesn't supplant The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the next mammoth read, ad if it doesn't take its place alongside le Carre's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, the love of literature and jaw-dropping thrills really is dead. I learned more about the former Soviets and the new Russians, and about our US of A, than I ever gleaned from the hardest-working journalists today. Halfway through, I was afraid Vladimir Putin would find out I was reading Red Sparrow and have me arrested. I have not read a more exciting, gripping novel in a long time."--Doug Stanton "author of Horse Soldiers "

"All the tradecraft and cat-and-mouse tension of a classic spy thriller-- a terrific read."--Joseph Kanon "author of Istanbul Passage "

"The world of a spy is unique and claustrophobic, but this bold tale captures its every nuance with expert precision. A tantalizing premise, and a heroine who's an alpha female, forge a solid piece of entertainment that does not disappoint."--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Patriot Threat

"You too may also conclude that "Red Sparrow" is the best espionage novel you've ever read."--Keith Thomson "Huffington Post on RED SPARROW "

"Sublime and sophisticated debut..." Red Sparrow" isn't just a fast-paced thriller -- it's a first-rate novel as noteworthy for its superior style as for its gripping depiction of a secretive world."--Art Taylor "The Washington Post on RED SPARROW "

From the Back Cover:

'Sublime and sophisticated . . . a fast-paced thriller . . . as noteworthy for its superior style as for its gripping depiction of a secretive world'
Washington Post

'Taut, fast-paced and authentic'
Charles Cumming

'The best espionage novel you've ever read'
Huffington Post

'On a scale of one to five starts, it's a six'
New York Journal of Books

'Dominika Egorova, of the Russian Intelligence Service, is one of the most complex and compelling heroines to grace the espionage genre . . . Palace of Treason is enthralling . . . That Matthews, who served in the CIA for 33 years, knows the world of espionage and its darkest corners is never in doubt . . . Whether in Vienna, Moscow or Washington, Matthews's scene-setting is superb, and he has a fine eye for telling details . . . Palace of Treason shimmers with authenticity'
New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 147679376X
• ISBN 13: 9781476793764
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496