Red Sparrow (Dominika Egorova & Nathaniel Nash, #1) (Red Sparrow Trilogy, #1)

by Jason Matthews

THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton and Jeremy Irons.

Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is sucked into the heart of Putin's Russia, the country she loved, as the twists and turns of a betrayal and counter-betrayal unravel.

American Nate Nash, idealistic and ambitious, handles the double agent, codenamed MARBLE, considered one of CIA's biggest assets. He needs to keep his identity secret for as long as the mole can keep supplying golden information.

Will Dominika be able to unmask MARBLE, or will the mission see her faith destroyed in the country she has always passionately defended?

'A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. He's an insider's insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you' Vince Flynn

'Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like Red Sparrow come along. Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life and this story, and it shows on every page. High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What more can any reader want?' Nelson DeMille

• ISBN10: 1471166120
• ISBN13: 9781471166129
• Publish Date: 22 February 2018 (first published 31 May 2013)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Edition: Film Tie-In
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 560
• Language: English

Reviews

[viking2917]

More Tom Clancy than John Le Carre. It's a fun great and very polished for a first novel. Matthews is a former CIA employee, and knows whereof he speaks. Lots of tradecraft. But the characters are just a bit too stereotypical or one-dimensional. Dominika is the beautiful, large breasted former ballerina turned spy (seriously). Nate is the earnest & naive young case officer. They will of course fall in love. (The only non-traditional part of this book is that Dominika sees auras, so she doesn't have much trouble telling when people are lying). The Russians are all pretty one dimensional. The cameo appearances by Putin are pretty good. A good airplane book but not in a class with Le Carre, Littell, or Edward Wilson.