From the bestselling, Edgar Award–winning author of the “terrifically good” (The New York Times) Red Sparrow, a compulsively readable new novel about star-crossed Russian agent Dominika Egorova and CIA’s Nate Nash in a desperate race to the finish.
Captain Dominika Egorova of the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR) has returned from the West to Moscow. She despises the men she serves, the oligarchs, and crooks, and thugs of Putin’s Russia. What no one knows is that Dominika is working for the CIA as Washington’s most sensitive penetration of SVR and the Kremlin.
As she expertly dodges exposure, Dominika deals with a murderously psychotic boss; survives an Iranian assassination attempt; escapes a counterintelligence ambush; rescues an arrested agent and exfiltrates him out of Russia; and has a chilling midnight conversation in her nightgown with President Putin. Complicating these risks is the fact that Dominika is in love with her CIA handler, Nate Nash, and their lust is as dangerous as committing espionage in Moscow. And when a mole in the SVR finds Dominika’s name on a restricted list of sources, it is a virtual death sentence…
Just as fast-paced, heart-pounding, and action-packed as Red Sparrow, Jason Matthews’s second novel confirms he is “an insider’s insider…and a masterful storyteller” (Vince Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author).
Has the feel of a cold war thriller, written by someone who lived in that world Almost 2 years ago to the day, Jason Matthews unleashed Red Sparrow on the world. It was a fantastic spy thriller that evoked all the drama, intrigue, and mystery of the cold war classics – updated with a contemporary flair for sex, violence, and politics. It was a unique read, but also a refreshing reminder of what the genre used to be all about.
An exciting romp This book clicked for me. It was exciting from page one onward. It had great, despicable villains and amazing heroes. Its plot fit together like a well made clock. Everything fit, had its place and made sense. While it was long, I could not put it down until it was finished. In addition the book is quite contemporary. The subjects of a resurgent, troublesome Russia and a Iran seeking to build an atomic bomb are quite relevant now. Further Jason Matthews writes well, and when he writes…
4 1/2 Stars — As With Red Sparrow, Palace Of Treason Is Definitely Worth Reading But You’ll Need To Be Patient With It! I am an avid reader of thrillers, particularly espionage thrillers, and enjoyed Red Sparrow very much. So, I figured that Palace Of Treason would be “right up my alley.” However, Palace Of Treason’s slow pace during the first hundred pages kept me undecided as to whether I was liking it as much as Red Sparrow, or even if I was going to like it at all. This is because it took me awhile to get used to the fact that it wasn’t going to be a book filled with lots of physical action — e.g.,…