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"THRILLING...RELENTLESS...A LABYRINTH OF INTRIGUE."--PeopleJournalist Colin Burke has seen it all. "I'm insensitive," he says, "It has its advantages." But his famed cynicism is put to the test in Moscow when Burke, who is covering the Middle East peace talks, receives a hot tip from a mysterious, seductive Israeli operative. But she expects a lot more in return.Burke begins to uncover a harrowing story involving Syria and Russian nuclear scientists. Now foreign agents of every stripe want his intelligence, forcing Burke to plunge into the black-market underground, a byzantine world where the only person you can trust will be the first to betray you...."Complex, convincing and thoroughly unpredictable...Cullen's carefully crafted thriller partakes of both the spy novel and the detective genre....His evocation of the evil empire in ruins during the muddy Russian spring is remarkable. The sense of place is uncanny, the atmosphere of paranoia worthy of Kafka."--Los Angeles Times"Brings the novel of international intrigue brilliantly up to date...A smashing mix of suspense, sex, humor, danger, and cynicism."--Kirkus Reviews"Mr. Cullen is a first-rate writer."--The New York Times Book Review