"A one session rocket of a thriller.: -Financial Times (Best Books of 2012) Meet Austin Clay, the CIA"s best-kept secret. Clay executes missions that would be disavowed by his own government were he ever to be compromised. His team consists only of his trusted handler and himself. His missions are among the most important and dangerous in U.S. history. Clay is sent to track down a missing American operative, a man who was captured near Moscow, in the Russian countryside. Soon he discovers that the missing officer is only the beginning of the mission, and Clay finds himself protecting a desperate woman who believes a mole has penetrated the top levels of the U.S. government, throwing the international balance of power into jeopardy.