A #1 New York Times best-selling author and winner of the Edgar Award for best first novel, Alex Berenson turns up the heat with this tale of Middle East intrigue. Even in retirement, CIA agent John Wells proves too hot a commodity to be left sitting on the sidelines. Called to meet with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, Wells is lured back into the world of international espionage. And with a cataclysmic showdown between Islam and the West hanging in the balance, the stakes couldn't be higher.