{"product_id":"the-once-and-future-spy-isbn-9781641297141","title":"The Once and Future Spy","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this espionage classic by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e, two CIA operatives—one with something to hide, the other with something to prove—face off when a top-secret scheme is exposed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most elite levels of the CIA’s Counterintelligence unit are on the verge of pulling off an operation so huge it will change global politics—and so secret that it has no paper trail. But the operation’s organizer, Roger Wanamaker, has evidence that the plan has sprung a leak. Now it is a deadly race against time to “walk back the cat”—isolate the leak and plug it—before the scheme is exposed and an international conflict is ignited.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile analyst Silas Sibley—nicknamed “The Weeder” due to his talent for parsing intelligence with experimental computer technology—has uncovered information no one was ever meant to find. Now he has to decide what to do with it: expose the unfolding atrocity, even if it means cutting the knees out from the intelligence agency he works for and has, up until now, believed in? Or is there some other solution? Clinging fiercely to the legacy of his ancestor American Revolutionary war hero Nathan Hale, the Weeder takes matters into his own hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurprising and complex, this psychological deep dive into obsession, loyalty, and history, poses the question: Whose truth should be believed?\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future Spy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An unusual, absorbing book that should keep you riveted . . . A searing look at the amorality of those who think the end is more important than the means.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A very clever meditation on the nature of history and historiography, and it offers a tense and often nastily humorous chase.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A spellbinding plot, highly original.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eElmore Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A must-read for the spy connoisseur.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eNelson DeMille\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An ingenious, compellingly entertaining caper—funny, touching and, as usual with Littell, disturbing.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A suspenseful, audacious blend of spy\/farce and spy\/fantasy steeped in a rich historical sauce . . . So it's happily ever after, right? If you think so, you're not acquainted with the devilish mind of Robert Littell.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Detroit News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In the overcrowded bazaar of espionage fiction, Robert Littell is a class act.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A brilliantly clever story.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Littell deserves his comparisons to Deighton and Le Carré.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Robert Littell writes smart, sharp thrillers. \u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future Spy \u003c\/i\u003eis his smartest and sharpest to date.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eThe Observer \u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Robert Littell\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If Littell didn't invent the American spy novel, he should have.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTom Clancy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“America’s greatest living espionage novelist.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sarah Weinman, The Crime Lady\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Since his Cold War classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Defection of AJ Lewinter\u003c\/i\u003e, Littell has been steadily creating his own subgenre, the counter-thriller, witty and highly original tales that play off clichés of the Cold War thriller and subvert them.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Littell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twenty-one other highly acclaimed novels, many about the Cold War and the Soviet Union, including his masterwork, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award winner for best mystery-thriller \u003ci\u003eLegends\u003c\/i\u003e. An American born in Brooklyn, Robert Littell now lives in France.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301086908645,"sku":"NP9781641297141","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781641297141.jpg?v=1767740791","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-once-and-future-spy-isbn-9781641297141","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}