Posted by
Glenn Flowers on Saturday, May 10, 2008 6:55:22 AM
Alex Berenson's first offering, "The Faithful Spy", 481p. Jove Books, 2006, is the best spy novel I have ever not been able to put down.
Intriguing, flowing genuinely from crisis to breatholding suspense and into full combat with believability and ease, "The Faithful Spy" is the tale of a CIA operative undercover with Al Quaeda in Afghanistan. His personal failings in the 9/11 attacks, the struggle of being Muslim to the approval of Sheik bin Laden, and his return to the USA under bin Laden's orders of terror sets up a rapidly evolving, head spinning crusade in the mind of the reader that at once cheers him on and hopes for his loyalty to prevail against the Islam he has embraced.
A New York Times Bestseller and the winner of the Edgar Award, "The Faithful Spy" has cemented Alex Berenson into place as an author of grabbing, well crafted page turners whose reviewers, to a single one, rants the praises of "The Faithful Spy".
Glenn Flowers