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    "description": "<p>Soon to be a major motion picture.<br /><br /><span>In the grand spy-tale tradition of John le Carr&eacute; comes this shocking thriller written with insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span>In present-day Russia, ruled 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 &ldquo;Sparrow,&rdquo; a trained seductress, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agency&rsquo;s most important Russian mole.</span><br /><br /><span>Spies have long relied on the &ldquo;honey trap,&rdquo; whereby vulnerable men and women are intimately compromised. Dominika learns these techniques of &ldquo;sexpionage&rdquo; in Russia&rsquo;s secret &ldquo;Sparrow School,&rdquo; 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, and&mdash;inevitably&mdash;forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. As secret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nate&rsquo;s 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.</span><br /><br /><span>Page by page, veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews&rsquo;s&nbsp;</span><em>Red Sparrow</em><span>delights and terrifies and fascinates, all while delivering an unforgettable cast, from a sadistic Spetsnaz &ldquo;mechanic&rdquo; who carries out Putin&rsquo;s murderous schemes to the weary CIA Station Chief who resists Washington &ldquo;cake-eaters&rdquo; to MARBLE, the priceless Russian mole. Packed with insider detail and written with brio, this tour-de-force novel brims with Matthews&rsquo;s life experience, including his knowledge of espionage, counterintelligence, surveillance tradecraft, spy recruitment, cyber-warfare, the Russian use of &ldquo;spy dust,&rdquo; and covert communications. Brilliantly composed and elegantly constructed,&nbsp;</span><em>Red Sparrow</em><span>&nbsp;is 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.</span><br /><br />'Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like Red Sparrow come along. Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life and this story, and it shows on every page. High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What more can any reader want?' - Nelson DeMille</p>",
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