The Blind Spy by Alex Dryden

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Synopsis

Former KGB colonel Anna Resnikov races to prevent a secret Russian plan to destabilize the Ukraine and retake its former territory in this third driving, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller from the new master of international intrigue "Keep an eye on Dryden. If he continues to infuse the genre with serious political insights and warnings, he could be the next John le Carré."-Richmond Times Dispatch Former spy turned novelist Alex Dryden has been hailed by... more

Former KGB colonel Anna Resnikov races to prevent a secret Russian plan to destabilize the Ukraine and retake its former territory in this third driving, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller from the new master of international intrigue "Keep an eye on Dryden. If he continues to infuse the genre with serious political insights and warnings, he could be the next John le Carré."-Richmond Times Dispatch Former spy turned novelist Alex Dryden has been hailed by critics and peers alike for clever, riveting stories filled with authentic detail and all too plausible insight. Deeply knowledgeable with a keen talent for page-turning suspense, he is a writer "in the top rank of espionage novelists" (Booklist), "who can please everyone from fans of le Carré to students of current affairs." (James Grippando). Now, he returns with another riveting,international thriller featuring his "terrific heroine" (Phillip Margolin), Ex-KGB Colonel Anna Resnikov. The Russian bear has never accepted Ukraine's independence and now the Patrioti-Putin, his elder statesmen, and seasoned generals dedicated to rebuilding the empire-are using the KGB's elite, controversial clandestine forces of Department S to subversively undermine and destroy the young nation and bring it back under Russian control. But Burt Miller of Cougar, the powerful private intelligence company that overshadows even the CIA in its reach, learns of Russia's plans and taps Anna Resnikov to run interference-an assignment that will pit her against a gifted and unusual KGB spy whose aims are unclear but whose power is unmistakably deadly. With The Blind Spy, Dryden has once again created a killer cocktail of twisting plot turns, page-turning suspense, high-action scenes, and mind-bending mystery. less

About Alex Dryden

Alex Dryden is a writer and journalist with many years experience in security matters. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Dryden watched the statues of... more

Alex Dryden is a writer and journalist with many years experience in security matters. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Dryden watched the statues of Lenin fall across the former Soviet Union. Since then he has charted the false dawn of democracy in Russia as the country morphed into the world's most powerful secret state-and his insider's view has informed all of his novels. The Blind Spy is the third in the Anna Resnikov series. less