Stephanie S. (punkinema) - , reviewed on 3/22/2010 + 305 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

The second in the John Wells series and it was excellent. I couldn't put it down and basically wasted two days reading (well, I didn't think it was wasted). John gets a new assignment finally and his girlfriend, Jennifer Exley, is thrilled. John has been restless and a bit depressed. He needs excitement. A random confession in Afghanistan by a Russian leads John around the world. Exley and her bosses are trying to find a mole in the CIA who has sold the names of every agent in the Far East, most notably China. China is making war noises and the U.S. simply can't figure out what is going on. Via the embassy there, the CIA gets a coded message from a very old mole whom they thought was dead or out of the business since no contact had been had for 10 years. They send John to find out. This book was very much like a Tom Clancy book with lots of interesting characters. Berenson does a great job of giving the reader a good sense of the players and I look forward to more books about John Wells.

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