{"product_id":"red-sparrow-9781476706139","title":"Red Sparrow","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of John le Carré, the bestselling, impossible-to-put-down, espionage thriller that is \"a primer in twenty-first century spying\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), written with the insider detail that only a veteran CIA operative could know--and shortlisted for an Edgar Award.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eState intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the cast-iron bureaucracy of post-Soviet intelligence. Drafted against her will to become a \"Sparrow,\" a trained seductress in the service, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a first-tour CIA officer who handles the CIA's most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. The two young intelligence officers, trained in their respective spy schools, collide in a charged atmosphere of tradecraft, deception, and, inevitably, a forbidden spiral of carnal attraction that threatens their careers and the security of America's most valuable mole in Moscow. Seeking revenge against her soulless masters, Dominika begins a fateful double life, recruited by the CIA to ferret out a high-level traitor in Washington; hunt down a Russian illegal buried deep in the US military and, against all odds, to return to Moscow as the new-generation penetration of Putin's intelligence service. Dominika and Nathaniel's impossible love affair and twisted spy game come to a deadly conclusion in the shocking climax of this electrifying, up-to-the minute spy thriller. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking place in today's Russia, still ruled with an iron fist by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, \u003ci\u003eRed Sparrow\u003c\/i\u003e displays author Jason Matthews's insider knowledge of espionage, counter-espionage, surveillance tradecraft, recruiting spies, interrogation, and intelligence gathering. As \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e hails, this is a \"sublime and sophisticated debut...a first-rate novel as noteworthy for its superior style as for its gripping depiction of a secretive world.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJason Matthews was an officer of the CIA's Operations Directorate. Over a thirty-three-year career he served in multiple overseas locations, spoke six foreign languages, and engaged in clandestine collection of national security intelligence, specializing in denied-area operations. Matthews conducted recruitment operations against Soviet-East European, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean targets. As Chief in various CIA Stations, he collaborated with foreign partners in counterproliferation and counterterrorism operations. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eRed Sparrow\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was made into a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence. He continued the Red Sparrow trilogy with \u003ci\u003ePalace of Treason\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kremlin's Candidate\u003c\/i\u003e. Jason Matthews passed away in 2021.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613551792402,"sku":"9781476706139","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fb5a6a3c-3e39-4a1f-aa75-a6fa346657c2.jpg?v=1732407630","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/red-sparrow-9781476706139","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}