Scorpion Deception (Scorpion Series #4)

by Andrew Kaplan

Overview

Ex-CIA and now freelance agent Scorpion hunts a faceless enemy—a mysterious Iranian known only as “the Gardener”—in Andrew Kaplan's Scorpion Deception, the electrifying third installment of the espionage series that Suspense magazine says “matches the best of Ludlum, and then surpasses it.”
 
Files containing highly classified information on CIA assets have been stolen from the U.S. embassy in Switzerland by a well-armed and well-trained hit squad.

Under intense political pressure to find those who orchestrated the attack, the CIA turns to the deadliest agent they know: Scorpion. But Scorpion is unwilling to get involved...until he learns his name is at the top of the stolen list.

Scorpion, a strong, intelligent, and lethal action hero, must travel to Iran to hunt down “the Gardener” before an all-out war erupts in this sensational spy thriller.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062219664
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	05/28/2013
Series:	Scorpion Series , #4
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	368,486
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Andrew Kaplan is a former journalist and war correspondent. He is the author of the spy thrillers Scorpion Betrayal, Scorpion Winter, and Scorpion Deception, along with his earlier bestselling novels, Hour of the Assassins, Scorpion, Dragonfire, and War of the Raven, and, most recently, the groundbreaking official series tie-in: Homeland: Carrie's Run. This is his second Homeland novel.

Editorial Reviews

In the enticing fourth installment to Kaplan's spy series (after Scorpion Winter), the illusive "Scorpion", code name for an ex-CIA operative turned independent agent, investigates a deadly attack on the American embassy in Bern, Switzerland, with few clues and no witnesses left behind. Orchestrated by a shadowy figure with unclear allegiances known only as "the Gardener", the perpetrators steal classified lists of aliases and photographs of CIA undercover operatives in Europe and the Middle East. Scorpion, whose true identity is compromised, spends the novel hunting or hunted by the ruthless Gardener, "as dangerous an adversary as he had ever faced," while the U.S. prepares, with shaky evidence, to declare war on Iran. For lovers of espionage and intrigue, the thriller overflows with coded messages, universal keys, and Krav Maga, while a dangerous side story involving Scorpion's lover Sandrine, a French doctor based at a Kenyan refugee camp, reminds of the daily tragedies affected by political machinations and power plays. Packed with action, however improbable, the plot is propelled by modern anxieties about America's potential for war with Iran and complicated by Scorpion's increasing despondency that even to know him is "lethal". Agent: Dominick Abel, Dominick Abel Literary Agency. (June)

Publishers Weekly

If are looking for a no-holds-barred, spy romp that is fast-paced and chocked full of intelligence gathering and espionage, then Scorpion Deception is the novel for you.

Examiner.com on Scorpion Deception

Excellent . . . [Kaplan’s] style matches the best of Ludlum, and then surpasses it.

Suspense Magazine

Delivers more heart-thumping twists and turns, beliefs and betrayals, than The Day of the Jackal and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold rolled into one.

Katherine Neville

In a word, terrific….The pace is blistering, the atmosphere menacing and decadent, and author Andrew Kaplan is in marvelously smashing form.

New York Daily News

Kept me up well into the late show hours… [paced] like a ride on the Magic Mountain roller coaster . . . Hollywood please copy.

Los Angeles Times

Kaplan has written one of the smartest, swiftest and most compelling spy novels I’ve read in years.

Harlan Coben

Brimming with action.

Washington Post