The Collaborators
An exhilarating debut spy thriller, packed with explosive action and up-to-the-minute tradecraft
Michael Idov
- A
- brilliant
- young
- intelligence
- officer
- and
- a
- troubled
- heiress
- stumble
- into
- a
- global
- conspiracy
- that
- pits
- present-day
- Russia
- against
- the
- CIA
- in
- this
- electrifying,
- globetrotting
- spy
- thriller.Combining
- realistic
- thrills
- with
- sophisticated
- spycraft
- and
- witty
- dialogue,
- The
- Collaborators
- delivers
- a
- gut-punch
- answer
- to
- the
- biggest
- geopolitical
- question
- of
- our
- time.
- How
- exactly
- did
- post-Soviet
- Russia
- turn
- down
- the
- wrong
- path?Criss-crossing
- the
- globe
- on
- the
- way
- to
- this
- shocking
- revelation
- are
- disaffected
- millennial
- CIA
- officer
- Ari
- Falk,
- thrown
- into
- a
- moral
- and
- professional
- crisis
- by
- the
- death
- of
- his
- best
- asset,
- and
- brash,
- troubled
- LA
- heiress
- Maya
- Chou,
- spiralling
- after
- the
- disappearance
- of
- her
- Russian
- American
- billionaire
- father.
- The
- duo’s
- adventures
- take
- us
- to
- both
- classic
- and
- surprising
- locales
- –
- from
- Berlin
- and
- Tangier
- to
- Latvia,
- Belarus
- and
- a
- semi-abandoned
- technopark
- outside
- Moscow.Dynamic,
- fast-paced
- and
- filled
- with
- captivating
- details
- that
- provide
- a
- window
- into
- a
- secretive
- world,
- The
- Collaborators
- is
- a
- first-rate
- thriller
- that
- pays
- homage
- to
- both
- meanings
- of
- ‘intelligence’.‘A
- terrific
- espionage
- thriller
- with
- a
- propulsive
- plot
- and
- fantastic
- twists,
- but
- what
- really
- sets
- this
- book
- apart
- is
- the
- writing,
- sparkling
- on
- every
- page’
- Chris
- Pavone,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Expats
- and
- Two
- Nights
- in
- Lisbon‘Crackles
- with
- energy
- as
- it
- veers
- between
- international
- caper
- and
- more
- classic
- espionage
- thriller,
- laced
- with
- the
- promise
- of
- romance.
- Idov
- .
- .
- .
- brings
- a
- pleasing
- cinematic
- sweep,
- insider
- knowledge
- of
- Russia
- and
- sharp
- dialogue
- to
- this
- enjoyable
- tale
- as
- it
- roams
- around
- the
- world’
- Financial
- Times‘Gathers
- stories
- from
- the
- headlines
- –
- novichok,
- Ponzi
- schemes,
- Wagner
- Group
- mercenaries
- –
- and
- blends
- them
- into
- a
- hipster
- spy
- smoothie’
- The
- Times,
- Book
- of
- the
- Month‘A
- skilful
- story
- about
- manipulative
- spymasters
- in
- Russia
- and
- the
- United
- States.
- .
- .
- .
- Switching
- perspectives
- and
- continents
- and
- written
- with
- vivid
- intelligence,
- this
- is
- a
- great
- example
- of
- the
- international
- spy
- novel’
- Literary
- Review‘Idov
- breathes
- fresh
- air
- into
- [the
- genre]
- .
- .
- .
- A
- sparkling
- new
- voice
- in
- spy
- thrillers’ CrimeTime
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