CIA operations officer Michael Dunne is tasked with infiltrating an Italian news organization - headed by a US journalist - believed to be a front for an enemy intelligence service. Dunne knows it's illegal to run a covert op on an American citizen, but he has never refused an assignment and his boss has assured his protection. Soon after Dunne infiltrates the organization, however, his cover is blown. When news of the operation breaks and someone leaks that Dunne had an extramarital affair while on the job, the CIA leaves him to take the fall. Now a year later, fresh out of jail, Dunne sets out to hunt down and take vengeance on the people who destroyed his life. An absolutely gripping cybersecurity thriller, perfect for fans of James Swallow, Mark Greaney and James Deegan. 'Ignatius, an award-winning columnist for the Washington Post, brings his immense skills as a journalist to his fiction, researching the idea and enriching his plot with both the latest spycraft and the arcane workings of, very often, the CIA' Washington Post 'Love for its old-world suspense or for its ultramodern vision of technology run amok, but love it you will' Booklist
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David Ignatius is an acclaimed novelist whose thrillers are deeply informed by his extensive experience covering the Middle East and intelligence agencies. He possesses a unique ability to translate complex global events into compelling narratives, revealing the hidden motivations and intricate webs of international intrigue. His work offers readers a gripping perspective on contemporary geopolitics, plunging them into the heart of clandestine operations and high-stakes decision-making. Ignatius is masterful at crafting believable characters and suspenseful plots that explore the moral ambiguities and far-reaching consequences of actions on the world stage.







- 2020
- 2017
Who will rule the world? A nail-biting technothriller from a bestselling master. A quantum computer is the digital equivalent of a nuclear bomb; whoever possesses one will be able to attain global dominance. The question is, who will get there first? A top-secret quantum research lab is compromised by a suspected Chinese informant. CIA officer Harris Chang leads the mole hunt, pursuing his target from the towering cityscape of Singapore to the mountains of Mexico and beyond. The investigation is obsessive, destructive, and uncertain... In order to win, Chang must question everything he knows. Grounded in a real-world technological arms race, The Quantum Spy presents a sophisticated game of cat and mouse cloaked in an exhilarating and visionary thriller. Perfect for fans of Tom Clancy, Stephen Coonts and David Baldacci.
- 2014
The Director
- 380 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Graham Weber has been director of the CIA for less than a week when a Swiss kid in a dirty tshirt walks into the American consulate in Hamburg and says the agency has been hacked, and he has a list of agents' names to prove it. This is the moment a CIA director most dreads. Weber isn't sure where to turn until he meets a charismatic (and unstable) young man named James Morris who runs the Internet Operations Center. He's the CIA's in-house geek. Weber launches Morris on a mole hunt unlike anything in spy fiction . . . one that takes the reader into the hacker underground of Europe and America and ends up in a landscape of paranoia and betrayal. Like the new world of cyber-espionage from which it's drawn, The Director is a maze of deception and double-dealing - about a world where everything is written in zeroes and ones, and nothing can be trusted
- 2013
Siro. A Novel
- 464 pages
- 17 hours of reading
A captivating imagined world that feels so real, it raises questions about its authenticity. --Scott Turow
- 2011
'All warfare is based on deception.' According to General Malik, Pakistan is defined by three 'A's: Allah, Army and America. Yet, for one brilliant and educated man, the war isn't based on religious extremism. It's personal. When his family's compound is bombed by a US military drone, Professor Omar swears revenge...The war of intelligence between Pakistan and the USA is raging. America is on the alert. Within this tense environment, it is unsurprising that Howard Egan's worst fears about his latest mission are confirmed, and he later disappears without a trace. Sophie Marx - a US officer noted for her beauty and determination - is tasked with investigating the incident, but when several of Egan's 'invisible' agents are murdered, it becomes clear that there are darker forces at work than first realized. Embarking on a game of cat and mouse in Los Angeles, Karachi, and the financial heart of London, Sophie and her team must try to plug the leak before it's too late. However, in a world created and sustained by multiple identities, the truth is hard to find.
- 2011
Bloodmoney
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
"You emerge from its pages as if from a top-level security briefing—confident that you have been let in on the deepest secrets." —Washington Post Someone in Pakistan is killing the members of a new CIA unit trying to buy peace with America’s enemies. It falls to Sophie Marx, a young officer with a big chip on her shoulder, to figure out who’s doing the killing and why. Unfortunately for Sophie, nothing is quite what it seems. This is a theater of violence and revenge, in which the last act is one that Sophie could not have imagined.
- 2009
The Increment
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
The New York Times bestseller: “A remarkably timely and pulse-quickening tale of deception, divided loyalty, and moral haziness.”—Raleigh News & Observer Harry Pappas, chief of the CIA’s Persia House, receives an encrypted message from a scientist in Tehran. But soon the source of secrets from the Iranian bomb program dries up: the scientist panics; he’s being followed, but he doesn’t know who’s on to him, and neither does Harry. To get his agent out, Harry turns to a secret British spy team known as “The Increment,” whose operatives carry the modern version of the double-O “license to kill.” But the real story is infinitely more complicated than Harry understands, and to get to the bottom of it he must betray his own country.
- 2008
America and the world : Conversations on the future of American foreign policy
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
America's status as a world power remains at a historic turning point. The strategies employed to win the wars of the twentieth century are no longer working, and the US must contend with the changing nature of power in a globalized world. In America and the World, two of the most respected figures in American foreign policy, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, dissect the challenges facing the US today: the Middle East, Russia, and China, among others. In spontaneous conversations the two authors explore their agreements and disagreements. Defining the center of responsible opinion on American foreign policy, America and the World is an essential primer on a host of urgent issues at a time when our leaders' decisions could determine how long our nation remains a superpower.
- 2008
Roger Ferris is one of the CIA's soldiers in the war on terrorism. He has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an intense mission - to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as 'Suleiman'. Ferris's plan for getting inside Suleiman's tent is inspired by a masterpiece of British intelligence during World War II: he prepares a body of lies, literally the corpse of an imaginary CIA officer who appears to have accomplished the impossible by recruiting an agent within the enemy's ranks. This scheme binds friend and foe in a web of extraordinary subtlety and complexity, and when it begins to unravel, Ferris finds himself flying blind into a hurricane. His only hope is the urbane head of Jordan's intelligence service - a man who just might be an Arab version of John le Carr�'s celebrated spy, George Smiley. But can Ferris trust him? And can he trust the CIA?
- 1999
The Sun King
- 326 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A captivating love story unfolds against a backdrop of ambition and sexual desire, showcasing the intricate interplay of power and politics. Renowned Washington Post columnist David Ignatius weaves a compelling narrative that explores the complexities of human relationships in the political arena, offering a vivid portrait of contemporary life and the challenges that arise when personal aspirations clash with romantic entanglements.


