The Increment

A Novel

15 June 2010

Territory Rights — Worldwide including Canada, Singapore and Malaysia, but excluding the British Commonwealth.

Description

The New York Times bestseller: “A remarkably timely and pulse-quickening tale of deception, divided loyalty, and moral haziness.”—Raleigh News & Observer

Harry Pappas, chief of the CIA’s Persia House, receives an encrypted message from a scientist in Tehran. But soon the source of secrets from the Iranian bomb program dries up: the scientist panics; he’s being followed, but he doesn’t know who’s on to him, and neither does Harry. To get his agent out, Harry turns to a secret British spy team known as “The Increment,” whose operatives carry the modern version of the double-O “license to kill.” But the real story is infinitely more complicated than Harry understands, and to get to the bottom of it he must betray his own country.

Reviews

"A page-turner of the highest order." — Publishers Weekly

"A meticulously crafted, tightly woven tale…A thinking person’s thriller." — Kirkus Reviews

"In a world where so much spy fiction is junk, it’s refreshing to come across a book that enlightens as well as entertains." — Washington Times

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