- Editorial:
- Año de edición:
- 2014
- Materia:
- Literatura contemporánea en español
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4767-6417-7
- Páginas:
- 551
- Encuadernación:
- Tapa blanda
RED SPARROW
A NOVEL
JASON MATTHEWS
A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, but Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling u003ciu003eRed Sparrowu003c/iu003e takes us deep inside this treacherous world. Hes an insiders insider. And he is also a masterful storyteller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you. Vince Flynnu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eIN THE GRAND SPY-TALE TRADITION OF JOHN LE CARRÉ . . . u003c/bu003eu003cbu003ecomes this shocking thriller written with insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003cbu003eIn present-day Russia, u003c/bu003eruled by blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her will to become a Sparrow, a trained seductress, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agencys most important Russian mole.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eSpies have long relied on the honey trap, whereby vulnerable men and women are intimately compromised. Dominika learns these techniques of sexpionage in Russias secret Sparrow School, hidden outside of Moscow. As the action careens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States, Dominika and Nate soon collide in a duel of wills, tradecraft, andinevitablyforbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. As secret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nates game reaches a deadly crossroads. Soon one of them begins a dangerous double existence in a life-and-death operation that consumes intelligence agencies from Moscow to Washington, DC.u003cbru003e u003cbru003ePage by page, veteran CIA officer Jason Matthewss u003ciu003eRed Sparrow u003c/iu003edelights and terrifies and fascinates, all while delivering an unforgettable cast, from a sadistic Spetsnaz mechanic who carries out Putins murderous schemes to the weary CIA Station Chief who resists Washington cake-eaters to MARBLE, the priceless Russian mole. Packed with insider detail and written with brio, this tour-de-force novel brims with Matthewss life experience, including his knowledge of espionage, counterintelligence, surveillance tradecraft, spy recruitment, cyber-warfare, the Russian use of spy dust, and covert communications. Brilliantly composed and elegantly constructed, u003ciu003eRed Sparrow u003c/iu003eis a masterful spy tale lifted from the dossiers of intelligence agencies on both sides of the Atlantic. Authentic, tense, and entertaining, this novel introduces Jason Matthews as a major new American talent.
