From the author of the internationally bestselling espionage thriller Traitor, a โwell-developed and multidimensionalโ (San Francisco Review of Books) novel of high-stakes intrigue set in Israelโs top intelligence agency.
After Yaโara Stein is forced out of her job at the Mossadโthe secret intelligence service of Israelโthe Prime Minister offers her a classified job. Known for her aptitude, beauty, and deadliness, Stein is asked to set up a secret unit that will act independently, answerable only to the Prime Minister.
This deadly team, filled with bright young men and women recruited and trained by Stein, quickly faces threats both old and new. Descendants of the lethal militant Red Army Faction have returned to terrorize Europe and fears of a radical Islam splinter group force the unit to distinguish between facts and smoke screens. As Steinโs cadets struggle to crush these threats, they soon discover how easily the hunter can become the hunted.
A dazzling, tension-filled novel that sheds light on the world hidden just below the surface of our everyday lives, A Spy in Exile offers a peek behind the curtain of todayโs deadliest conflicts. With breathless pacing and shocking twists and turns, it proves that Jonathan de Shalit โhas learned well from the likes of Mr. le Carrรฉโ (The Wall Street Journal).