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Kamran Esfahani, a dentist living out a dreary existence in Stockholm,
agrees to spy for the Mossad after he's recruited by Arik Glitzman, the chief
of a clandestine unit tasked with running targeted assassinations and sabotage
inside Iran. At Glitzman's direction, Kam returns to his native Tehran and
opens a dental practice there, using it as a cover for the Israeli intelligence
agency. Kam proves to be a skilful asset, quietly earning money helping
Glitzman smuggle weapons, run surveillance, and conduct kidnappings. But when
Kam tries to recruit an Iranian widow seeking to avenge the death of her
husband at the hands of the Mossad, the operation goes terribly wrong, landing
him in prison under the watchful eye of a sadistic officer whom he knows only
as the "General".
And now, after enduring three years of torture in captivity, Kamran Esfahani
sits in an interrogation room across from the General, preparing to write his
final confession.
Kam knows it is too late to save himself. But he has managed to keep one
secret-only one-and he just might be able to save that. In this haunting
thriller, careening between Tehran and Tel Aviv, Istanbul and Stockholm, David
McCloskey delivers an intricate story of vengeance, deceit, and the power of
love and forgiveness in a world of lies.
About the author
David McCloskey is the author of the novels Damascus Station, Moscow X, and The Seventh Floor, and is cohost of the podcast The Rest Is Classified. A former CIA analyst, he worked at Langley and in field stations across the Middle East. He lives in Texas.
