THE SHADOW PATROL

John Wells goes undercover in Afghanistan, not only among the Taliban, but among fellow Americans - in the electrifying new novel of modern suspense from the #1 New York Times-bestselling writer.

In 2009, the CIA's Kabul Station fell for a source who promised to lead it to Bin Laden, but instead he blew himself up, taking the station's most senior officers with him. Now, more than two years later, the station is still floundering, agents are dying, and at Langley the CIA's chiefs wonder if the unthinkable has happened, if somehow the Taliban has infiltrated the station. When they ask John Wells to investigate, he reluctantly agrees to return to the country where his career as an undercover operative began. But there, he finds a vipers' nest of hostility and mistrust -and clues that hint at a drug-trafficking operation involving the Agency, the military, and the Taliban. Americans are dying, and an American is responsible. And only John Wells stands in his way - for now.

Alex Berenson graduated from Yale University in 1994 with degrees in history and economics and joined the Denver Post as a reporter. In 1999 he joined The New York Times. At the Times, he covered everything from the drug industry to Hurricane Katrina; in 2003 and 2004, he served two stints as a correspondent in Iraq, an experience that led him to write The Faithful Spy, his debut novel, which won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best First Novel. He has now written five John Wells novels and one work of non-fiction, The Number. He left the Times in 2010 to devote himself to writing fiction, though he still contributes occasionally to the Times. Berenson lives in New York City with his wife, Dr. Jacqueline Berenson, and their badly behaved dog Maggie. For more informations visit http://www.alexberenson.com/.