Along with raising questions about why Mr. Lee would betray America, the arrest also points. The president's attacks on the U. The CIA is notoriously publicity shy. But when it comes to recruiting, you can find the agency's outreach all over the place, from social media to college job fairs, with an emphasis on diversity.
Make smart purchases, stay safe online. The documents themselves do. Wanted: Spies from all backgrounds and walks of life. But in age of universal surveillance, instant online searches and social media profiles, staying below the radar is a huge challenge. Jason Matthews wrote the novel behind a new motion picture where a Russian spy played by Jennifer Lawrence is trained in the dual arts of seduction and espionage. The U. When current and former U.
Now they're stuck without a country. The que. Just after being given the promotion, the Middle East is sent into chaos when a "dirty bomb" is set off in a port in Israel.
The Israelis believe that the attack came from Iran, and they send the Mossad, their intelligence service, into a defensive attack against Iran. It soon becomes clear that some agent in the CIA has gone rogue and is helping the Mossad. This truly is an act of treason and must be stopped. Kyra goes to Tehran on assignment, on a mission to figure out what is happening in the Middle East.
The CIA is convinced that a certain man is the mole, but Kyra is not so sure. In the process of getting to the truth, Kyra's life is put in danger on multiple occasions, and others are put in harm's way as well. The storyline is related to past events in Tehran, when 60 Americans were held hostage in the American embassy for days. The book begins at that American embassy, which is not unoccupied.
The subject matter here is quite scary, as one could see something like this play out in real time, especially in the Middle East. That part of the world is a tinderbox, and things could go south very quickly.
Henshaw provides a disturbingly realistic scenario of what could transpire there or anywhere else. Reviewed by Christine M. The chillingly complex plot focuses on Matthew Hadfield who feels betrayed and abandoned by the bureaucracy he works for. His feelings of abject desperation and isolation are palpable as he takes the first steps that lead him down a path from which there is no return. When a dirty bomb nearly levels the port of Haifa, all fingers point toward Iran as the culprit.
Since the U. Jonathan Burke temporally comes out of retirement to again team up with Kyra Stryker in The Red Cell as they begin to piece together who did what and why. I haven't read an espionage book for several years and I rarely write reviews.
But I will for this book. It is rated 5 not because it is a literary tome, but because it is well-written and a thoroughly good book holding my interest straight through to the conclusion in record-time. I spent several years in Tehran, Iran as a small child and what Mr. Henshaw writes is accurate. There is no need, in my opinion, to dissect and regurgitate details of the book as the synopsis is clear.
What the author I haven't read an espionage book for several years and I rarely write reviews. What the author writes about the countries is factual.
The story is a spell-binder, easy-to-read, yet full of detail that makes perfect sense. Read it. And then think about it. What seems a simple story may not be so simple. Have not read any of Mr. Henshaw's previous novels, but I so enjoyed this one that I intend to read all of the others if they are as good. I only found one error in the book his editors missed. Pretty good. There are usually several in most novels. I am somewhat confused by the Henshaw's bio. There appear to be some discordant information as there are two distinct bios of the author floating around the internet.
The bio on his website reads somewhat differently than the one used on this site and other areas on the internet. Which one is accurate? Jan 29, Wdmoor rated it really liked it Shelves: favorites , good-stuff-for-guys , thriller-global-intrigue , suspense , series-kyra-stryker-jonathon-burke , author-mark-henshaw , spy-vs-spy.
This can be read as a stand-alone novel. Absorbing and enjoyable and even a bit daring as Mr Henshaw moves the pieces around of a successful series. Jonathon Burke and his damaged knee only play a limited role as Kyra Stryker steps up, but The Last Man in Tehran has a much broader scope of characters than Mr Henshaw's other novels. Mixed in with an excellent story is an interesting look at Iran which helped explained the recent unrest there , a discouraging look at the cya bureaucratic nature of This can be read as a stand-alone novel.
A real-life thriller from an active-duty CIA analyst who gives us a harrowing glimpse of the secret world of modern espionage. Tell us what you like and we'll recommend books you'll love. Sign up and get a free ebook! By Mark Henshaw. Table of Contents Rave and Reviews. About The Book. Reassigned to a CIA think tank after an assignment gone awry, rookie case officer Kyra Stryker is partnered with a straitlaced analyst to investigate an imminent invasion of Taiwan by China that could trigger a global conflict.
Roya is a dreamy, idealistic teenager living in Tehran who, amidst the political upheaval of the time, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr.
She always feels safe in his dusty store, overflowing with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick pads of soft writing paper.
When Mr. And, as their romance blossoms, the modest little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she resigns herself to never seeing him again. Until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did he leave?
Where did he go? How was he able to forget her? The Stationery Shop is a beautiful and timely exploration of devastating loss, unbreakable family bonds, and the overwhelming power of love.
As Noor revisits her Persian childhood, she must rethink who she is—a mother, a daughter, a woman estranged from her marriage and from her life in California. And together, she and Lily get swept up in the beauty and brutality of Tehran. Alden Maines is jaded after years in the CIA cleaning up the messes of incompetent political appointees in dangerous foreign posts.
When he is passed over for promotion, Maines crosses the Rubicon and decides to cash in as a double agent for Russia. But why would Lavrov burn an asset whose intel and access could pay dividends for years to come?
What is Lavrov up to? After an absence of thirty years and much turmoil in Iran, Ward embarks on a quixotic pilgrimage with his family in search of their lost friend.
Searching for Hassan puts a human face on the long-suffering people of the Middle East with this inspirational story of an American family who came to love and admire Iran and its culture through their deep affection for its people. Drury and Clavin deliver a taut and stirring account of a turning point in American history that unfolds with the heartstopping urgency of the best thrillers—a riveting true story finally told, in full, by those who lived it.
The Iranian Revolution of was a defining moment of the modern era. Its success unleashed a wave of Islamist fervor across the Middle East and signaled a sharp decline in the appeal of Western ideologies in the Islamic world. And the reaction it inspired testified to its importance: aswith the Russian and French revolutions, outsiders tried to crush it in its crib. A year after the mullahs' assumption of power, Iraq, with aid from other Arab states and the US, declared war on Iran.
Yet the revolution prevailed, and the Islamic Republic persists to this day. And despite the deeprifts separating Sunnis and Shiites, the regime motivated successive waves of revolutionary Islamism across the entire region, from Afghanistan in the s to Lebanon in the s to Egypt to Algeria today. In Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy offers a richly textured and authoritative history of Iran from the revolution to the present.
After an opening section that focuses on the sources of the revolution, Axworthy takes readers through the major periods of the era: the overthrow of the oldregime and the creation of the new one; the Iran-Iraq war; the reconstruction era following the war; the reformist wave led by Mohammed Khatami; and the current era, in which reactionaries have re-established control.
Throughout, he emphasizes that the Iranian revolution was centrally important inmodern history because it provided the world with a clear model of development that was not rooted in Western ideologies. Whereas the world's major revolutions of the previous two centuries had been fuelled by Western, secular ideologies, the Iranian Revolution drew its inspiration from Islam.
Botherudite and accessible, Revolutionary Iran is the definitive account of this epoch in all its humanity. An examination of temporary marriage, or sigheh, in Iran through the representation of women within modern novels, short stories and cinema. Embassy in Tehran. When terrorists captured the embassy on November 4, , the Joint Chiefs of Staff quickly realized that the United States lacked the military capability to launch a rescue. There was no precedent for the mission, a mission that came with extraordinary restrictions and required a unique force to take it on.
With no existent command structure or budget, this force would have to be built from scratch in utmost secrecy, and draw on every branch of the U.
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