02031cam a2200349 i 4500 1856113708 TxAuBib 20241123120000.0 241123s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024019348 9781668055571 hardcover 1668055570 hardcover (OCoLC)1467023419 DLC eng rda SNR TxAuBib rda Idov, Michael, 1976-, author. The collaborators : a novel / Michael Idov. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2024. 259 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Combining realistic thrills with sophisticated spycraft and witty dialogue, The Collaborators delivers a gut-punch answer to the biggest geopolitical question of our time: how, exactly, did post-Soviet Russia turn down the wrong path? Crisscrossing the globe on the way to this shocking revelation are disaffected millennial CIA officer Ari Falk, thrown into a moral and professional crisis by the death of his best asset; and brash, troubled LA heiress Maya Chou, spiraling after the disappearance of her Russian American billionaire father. The duo's adventures take us to both classic and surprising locales-from Berlin, to Latvia, Belarus, and a 1980s Jewish refugee camp near Rome. Dynamic, fast-paced, and filled with captivating details that provide a window into a secretive world, The Collaborators is a first-rate thriller that pays homage to both meanings of "intelligence.""-- Provided by publisher. 20241123. CDPC522. United States Central Intelligence Agency Officials and employees Fiction. Heiresses Fiction. Intelligence officers Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Spy fiction. Novels.