- Mass Market Paperback: 481 pages
- Publisher: Jove Books; Reprint edition (29 Jan 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0515144347
- ISBN-13: 978-0515144345
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 2.7 x 19.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 430,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A homecoming, sort of,
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This review is from: The Faithful Spy (Mass Market Paperback)
John Wells has been away from the United States and his home state of Montana for a decade. Since 1996, he's been a deep cover agent in Afghanistan for the Central Intelligence Agency. So deep that he leads a band of Qaeda guerrillas and is known to them as Jalal. He's even met bin Laden. John's only message to his Langley CIA controller, Jennifer Exley, was back in 2001.
Now, Wells is going home on the orders of the senior Qaeda leadership. Once there, he'll be expected to assist Khadri, a fiendishly clever and devious Qaeda planner, in carrying out a major act of violence against America. To the head honchos of the CIA, John is an enigma and not to be trusted. Hell, he even carries around a copy of the Koran and prays to Allah. Now, what sort of red, white and blue American does that? As for Khadri, he doesn't trust anybody much less one born of the Great Satan. Wells is truly on his own. Is THE FAITHFUL SPY the best espionage thriller I've ever read? Um ... no. But, as the debut novel from author Alex Berenson, it's exceptional in its scope, presentation, and imaginativeness. It's written with the flair and confidence of a more experienced author. Not since Lee Child's first Jack Reacher thriller, Persuader (Jack Reacher Novels), have I been so impressed. Four stars, therefore, with the expectation that his next one, The Ghost War, will be even better as the Wells and Exley characters gain more definition. Four stars leaves room for the expected improvement. My single niggle of dissatisfaction comes from the fact that John didn't fully engage my empathy and sympathy as some other fictional protagonists have done in the past even from book one. Child's Reacher and Elleston Trevor's (aka Adam Hall) Quiller come immediately to mind as both personae have endearing subtleties; Quiller had standing instructions with his employer to send roses to Moira in the event of his death, while Reacher doesn't even know how to iron a shirt. I expect Wells to grow on me; we'll see.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
intelligent thriller,
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This review is from: The Faithful Spy (Paperback)
This is an unusual spin on the traditional spy novel. Here we have a deep cover agent that has gone so deep that no-one is quite sure which side he is on. Although this is still an 'Islamic terrorists' story, the spy in question has converted to Islam and it is clear that the terrorists do not represent the majority of Islamic beliefs. Here we have a character trusted by no-one who has sacrificed his life and relationships to do the right thing. Now he must come in from the cold to prevent a terrorist attack, but does anyone trust him anymore?
Thoughtful and intelligent thriller and a strong debut novel with good characterisation.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Everpresent Nightmare,
By MadMaggie "firstmadmaggie" (Wales) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Faithful Spy (Paperback)
An explosive plot-led thriller by a brilliant journalist. I couldn't put it down but read it cover to cover in a few hours. The central character, CIA agent John Wells has been in deep cover in the mountains of Pakistan for 10 years fighting with Al Qaeda against the Americans and gradually assimilating and becoming a committed muslim. Suddenly the fiendish mastermind Omar Khadri decides to launch him against the states and send him home. Wells is isolated physically and psychologically from the USA and finds adjustment hard on his return where neither Al Qaeda nor his bosses at the CIA fully trust him. He has to struggle with virtually no time in increasing isolation to combat the appalling terror plot planned by Al Qaeda to devastate the United States. The suspense builds to a nail-biting, unexpected climax.
Incredibly fast-paced and highly topical with the increasing paranoia in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war. Berenson is a journalist who writes with admirable economy having thoroughly researched his tight-knit thriller in Iraq and Afghanistan. Much of the details concerning 'permitted interrogation' techniques are deeply disturbing but so too are the violence and fiendish plots of Al Qaeda along with the acceptance of martyrdom for the cause. I'd recommend this to a wide readership both male and female.
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