Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
This frightening thriller, written with insider information that can only be obtained from a seasoned CIA officer, follows in the epic spy-tale tradition of John le Carré.
Dominika Egorova, a Russian intelligence operative, battles for survival in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle in modern-day Russia, which is governed by the unflinching, blue-eyed President Vladimir Putin. Dominika is given the task of working against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA agent who is in charge of the organization’s most crucial Russian mole and is forced against her will to train as a “Sparrow,” a trained seductress.
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Dominika and Nate quickly come into conflict in a battle of wills, cunning, and—inevitably—forbidden passion that endangers not only their lives but also the lives of others as the action careens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States. Dominika and Nate’s game comes to a dangerous fork in the road as covert allegiances are formed and dissolved. One of them soon starts a risky double life in a mission that involves life and death and involves intelligence services from Moscow to Washington, DC.
With an unforgettable ensemble that includes a cruel Spetsnaz “mechanic” who executes Putin’s homicidal plots and a jaded CIA Station Chief who rebuffs Washington “cake-eaters,” veteran CIA operative Jason Matthews’ Red Sparrow charms, disturbs, and fascinates readers page by page. This book is jam-packed with insider information and Matthews’ real-life experience with spying, counterintelligence, recruiting spies, and cyber warfare. Red Sparrow is a superb spy story that is masterfully written. This book marks the debut of Jason Matthews as a major new American talent and is authentic, tense, and exciting.
Jason Mathews has joined a very select group of former real-life, in-the-flesh, truthful-to-God spies who have transitioned to writing about espionage as fiction, joining authors like John le Carre, Ian Fleming, and Graham Greene, to mention a few. Reading a few pages of Mathews’ debut book, Red Sparrow, you can already see that he has 33 years of real-world spy experience. When I read the book, I was completely convinced that genuine spies behaved exactly as Mr Mathews’ fictional characters did.
Dominika Egorova, a woman who is eerily beautiful, is the subject of the book. She first appears in a Russian dancing company as the prima ballerina. Dominika can no longer dance due to an event involving a resentful rival in the company, and she is left alone until her adored father passes away. Her somewhat evil uncle then arranges for her to work with the Russian clandestine service. Eventually, she enrols in a program that instructs attractive women how to entice defenceless spies into becoming double agents for the Russians. Red Sparrows are the name given to the female graduates of this school. The instruction is quite detailed…
