Captain Dominika Egorova of the Russian Intelligence Service has returned to Moscow. She despises the men she serves, the oligarchs, crooks and thugs of Putin's Russia. What no one knows is that Dominika works for the CIA as Washington's most sensitive penetration of the Kremlin. As she dodges exposure, Dominika faces a murderously psychotic boss, assassination attempts and counter-intelligence ambushes, and must rescue a compromised agent. Complicating it all is Dominika's relationship with her CIA handler, Nate Nash. And when a mole in Moscow finds her name on a classified list of sources, it is a virtual death sentence.

Jason Matthews is the real deal. As an Operations Officer in the CIA, his brief was simple: steal secrets from the opposition and protect his own. Over a 33-year career, Matthews served in multiple overseas locations, specialising in denied-area operations and national security. He conducted agent recruitment in key counterproliferation regions including the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, East Asian, the Middle East and the Caribbean. As a retired Chief in various CIA Stations, there are few people on the planet better positioned to write about the thrilling the world of espionage, intelligence and counterterrorism.He lives in Southern California with his wife Suzanne, who is also a 33-year veteran of the CIA, having served as an operations officer in the Directorate of Operations.