The Paladin: A Spy Novel

By David Ignatius

The Paladin: A Spy Novel - David Ignatius
  • Release Date: 2020-05-05
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
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From 426 Ratings

Description

“Tension, suspense, betrayal, and revenge.… David Ignatius is the best in the world at this stuff.” —Lee Child

In this latest novel from the “dean of international intrigue” (Brad Thor) and New York Times best-selling author David Ignatius, CIA operations officer Michael Dunne is tasked with infiltrating an Italian news organization that smells like a front for an enemy intelligence service. Headed by an American journalist, the self-styled bandits run a cyber operation unlike anything the CIA has seen before. Fast, slick, and indiscriminate, the group steals secrets from everywhere and anyone, and exploits them in ways the CIA can neither understand nor stop.

Dunne knows it’s illegal to run a covert op on an American citizen or journalist, but he has never refused an assignment and his boss has assured his protection. Soon after Dunne infiltrates the organization, however, his cover disintegrates. When news of the operation breaks and someone leaks that Dunne had an extramarital affair while on the job, the CIA leaves him to take the fall. Now a year later, fresh out of jail, Dunne sets out to hunt down and take vengeance on the people who destroyed his life.

Reviews

  • Too good to be true? Nope!

    5
    By Lh2os62
    After 43 years on Wall Street I believe this type stuff took place and still does. Try crypto.
  • The Glass Hotel

    5
    By Darnpony
    Beautifully written and observed novel. Of families. Forgiveness. Loneliness. A book not to be rushed, but to be managed. To delay finishing for just a little longer.
  • The paladin

    1
    By DHP2
    Absolutely awful.