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Informationen zum Autor Jason Matthews was an officer of the CIA’s Operations Directorate. Over a thirty-three-year career he served in multiple overseas locations and engaged in clandestine collection of national security intelligence, specializing in denied-area operations. Matthews conducted recruitment operations against Soviet–East European, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean targets. As Chief in various CIA Stations, he collaborated with foreign partners in counterproliferation and counterterrorism operations. He was the author of Red Sparrow , Palace of Treason , and The Kremlin's Candidate . He passed away in April 2021. Zusammenfassung Red Sparrow is now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton! The thrilling sequel to Red Sparrow —CIA insider Jason Matthews’s compulsively readable New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner—featuring Russian spy Dominika Egorova and CIA agent Nate Nash “shimmers with authenticity. The villains are richly drawn...the scenes of them on the job are beyond chilling” ( The New York Times Book Review ). Captain Dominika Egorova of the Russian Intelligence Service despises the oligarchs! crooks! and thugs of Putin’s Russia—but what no one knows is that she is also working for the CIA. Her “sparrow” training in the art of sexual espionage further complicates the mortal risks she must take! as does her love for her handler Nate Nash—a shared lust that is as dangerous as treason. As Dominika expertly dodges exposure! she deals with a murderously psychotic boss! survives an Iranian assassination attempt and attempts to rescue an arrested double agent—and thwart Putin’s threatening flirtations. A grand! wildly entertaining ride through the steel-trap mind of a CIA insider! Palace of Treason is a story “as suspenseful and cinematic as the best spy movies” ( The Philadelphia Inquirer )—one that feels fresh and so possible! in fact! that it’s doubtful this novel can ever be published in Russia. ...
