Dynasty of Spies

by Sherman, Dan

• ISBN13: 9781504078078
• ISBN10: 1504078071
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-10-11
• Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller

Summary

A saga following three generations of CIA officers from an author who has “considerable skill with espionage fiction” (Publishers Weekly).
 
John Dancer, idealistic founding father of the CIA, was the inside man for the Allies during the Russian Revolution. His more cynical son, Allen, carried on the tradition during World War II, eavesdropping on the Kremlin. And his grandson, Jessie, did the company’s work in Vietnam—until he chose to challenge his harrowing heritage . . . 
 
Praise for Dan Sherman’s thrillers
 
“Carefully simmered and intriguingly populated.” —Kirkus Reviews on Swann
 
“An artfully constructed and most satisfying read.” —Publishers Weekly on The Traitor
 
“A fast-moving espionage story. . . . Sherman keeps the action taut.” —The New York Times Book Review

Author Biography

Dan Sherman has written a handful of popular thrillers, starting with such near‑contemporary successes as The White Mandarin (1982, set in China from 1949 through the 1960s) and The Prince of Berlin (1983, starting at the end of World War II and continuing on into the 1960s) and then moving backward through history to the era of World War I (The Man Who Loved Mata Hari, 1985) and then to the period of the American Revolution (The Traitor, 1987), about the discovery of a mole within the highest command levels of George Washington’s army of revolution. His other novels include The Mole, Riddle, Swann, and King Jaguar.