The Director A Novel [Hardcover]

Graham Weber has been the director of the CIA for less than a week when a Swiss kid in a dirty T-shirt walks into the American consulate in Hamburg and says the agency has been hacked, and he has a list of agents' names to prove it. This is the moment a CIA director most dreads.An entertaining, high-tech ride, full of theme park pyrotechnics and more substantial pleasures. As in his previous thrillers, Mr. Ignatius&injects the plot with his wide-ranging knowledge of history, geopolitics and national security issues, while giving the reader an intimate sense of the tradecraft employed by his characters.Another brilliant thriller from the Dean of International Intrigue. Deception, deceit, and dishonorThe best part of[A] frighteningly convincing spy thriller.As a writer, Ignatius doesnt know how to tell a bad story. His unparalleled understanding of the intelligence world propels his work so far above others who dabble in the field that there's little comparison.Ignatius has given readers another compelling and enlightening look at what might happen next month. Must-read twenty-first-century espionage fiction.Im not rolling a log or exaggerating when I call this the best spy novel Ive read since John le Carr?sA lively read.David Ignatiuss novels have always been a clef in the best sense: closely connected to, and very revealing and insightful about, the trends and tensions in the news& [A] page-turning read.Ignatius uses all his Washington insider experience to give his story its sharp authenticity.If you think cybercrime and potential worldwide banking meltdown is a fiction, read this sensational thriller and reconsider any investing strategy you might have.One of his best& Ignatius has a gift for portraying the soldiers of the CIA bureaucracy in all their ambition, heroism and pettiness, and what he suggests about the nations cybersecurity will keep you up at night.In David Ignatius's gripping new novel, spies don't bother to steal informals>