Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Jennifer

JASON MATTHEWS’S BLOCKBUSTER BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JENNIFER LAWRENCE, RELEASED BY 20TH CENTURY FOX IN PRESENT DAY RUSSIA, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her will to become a “Sparrow,” a trained seductress using the techniques of “sexpionage,” Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agency’s most important Russian mole.

As the action careens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy and the United States, Dominika and Nate soon collide in a duel of wills, tradecraft, and – inevitably – forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. As secret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nate’s game reaches a deadly crossroads. Soon one of them begins a dangerous double existence in a life-and-death operation that consumes intelligence agencies from Moscow to Washington, DC.

Veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews’s Red Sparrow delights and terrifies and fascinates, all while delivering an unforget- table cast. Packed with insider detail and written with brio, this tour-de-force novel brims with Matthews’s life experience. Brilliantly composed and elegantly constructed, Red Sparrow is a masterful spy tale lifted from the dossiers of intelligence agencies on both sides of the Atlantic. Authentic, tense, and entertaining, this novel introduces Jason Matthews as a major new American talent.

“SUBLIME AND SOPHISTICATED . . . A FIRST-RATE NOVEL.” —THE WASHINGTON POST “FANS OF THE GENRE’S MASTERS, INCLUDING JOHN LE CARRÉ AND IAN FLEMING, WILL HAPPILY EMBRACE MATTHEWS’S CENTRAL SPY.” —USA TODAY

“RED SPARROW IS THE BEST ESPIONAGE NOVEL YOU’VE EVER READ.” —THE HUFFINGTON POST

JASON MATTHEWS is a retired officer of the CIA’s Operations Directorate. Over a thirty-three-year career he served in multiple overseas locations and engaged in the clandestine collection of national security intelligence, specializing in denied-area operations. Matthews conducted recruitment operations against Soviet–East European, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean targets. As Chief in various CIA Stations, he collaborated with foreign partners in counterproliferation and counterterrorism operations. He is also the author of Palace of Treason and The Kremlin’s Candidate. JEREMY BOBB stars on Cinemax’s The Knick, NatGeo’s Manhunt: Unibomber, and has worked extensively in New York theater. He appeared in King Lear with John Lithgow for Shakespeare in the Park, and in Richard III at BAM, directed by Sam Mendes, as well as on its international tour. He can be seen in HBO’s mini-series Mosaic opposite Sharon Stone and Garrett Hedlund, in the Netflix mini-series Godless opposite Jeff Daniels, and on Showtime’s Escape At Dannemora for director/producer Ben Stiller. He lives in New York City.

Running Time: Approx. 18 Hours Unabridged © 2013 Jason Matthews  2013 Simon & Schuster Audio Division. All rights reserved. ENCORE™ is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.,ENCORE™ is a registered trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc. www.simonsays.com 36900

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