The Director: A Novel by David Ignatius (English) Hardcover Book

Description: The Director by David Ignatius In David Ignatiuss gripping new novel, spies dont bother to steal information…they change it, permanently and invisibly. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Weber turns to a charismatic (and unstable) young man named James Morris who runs the Internet Operations Center. Hes the CIAs in-house geek. Weber launches Morris on a mole hunt unlike anything in spy fiction—one that takes the reader into the hacker underground of Europe and America and ends up in a landscape of paranoia and betrayal. Like the new world of cyber-espionage from which its drawn, The Director is a maze of deception and double dealing, about a world where everything is written in zeroes and ones and nothing can be trusted. The CIA has belatedly discovered that this is not your fathers Cold War, and Weber must play catch-up, against the clock and an unknown enemy, in a game he does not yet understand. Author Biography David Ignatius, best-selling author and prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post, has been covering the Middle East and the CIA for more than twenty-five years. He lives in Washington, DC. Review "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." -- Michiko Kakutani - The New York Times "Another brilliant thriller from the Dean of International Intrigue. Deception, deceit, and dishonor-The Director doesnt let up and absolutely doesnt disappoint! I loved this book!" -- Brad Thor, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Hidden Order "The best part of The Director is watching Ignatius grab the history of American intelligence and use it to divine our technological future. Heres your chance to see inside the CIA. Sculpted with an insiders eye, The Director shows you real people, real espionage, and the real threats to our national security." -- Brad Meltzer, best-selling author of The Fifth Assassin "[A] frighteningly convincing spy thriller." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred review "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." -- Kirkus Reviews "Ignatius has given readers another compelling and enlightening look at what might happen next month. Must-read twenty-first-century espionage fiction." -- Booklist, Starred Review "Im not rolling a log or exaggerating when I call this the best spy novel Ive read since John le Carres Smilys People way back in 1979... I now intend to read everything that Ignatius has ever written." -- Philip Kerr - Washington Post "A lively read." -- Foreign Policy Magazine "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." -- James Fallows - The Atlantic "Ignatius uses all his Washington insider experience to give his story its sharp authenticity." -- Daily Mail (UK) "If you think cybercrime and potential worldwide banking meltdown is a fiction, read this sensational thriller and reconsider any investing strategy you might have." -- Bob Woodward - Politico "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." -- Mary Ann Gwinn - Seattle Times Review Text "Another brilliant thriller from the Dean of International Intrigue. Deception, deceit, and dishonor--The Director doesnt let up and absolutely doesnt disappoint! I loved this book!" Review Quote "The Director is not explicitly about Edward Snowden or the NSA, but it is all about the technological, commercial, governmental, and journalistic world in which that news is unfolding ...[a] page-turning read." Details ISBN0393078140 Author David Ignatius Short Title DIRECTOR Language English ISBN-10 0393078140 ISBN-13 9780393078145 Media Book Format Hardcover Residence Washington, DC, US Birth 1950 Year 2014 DEWEY FIC Publication Date 2014-06-20 Subtitle A Novel UK Release Date 2014-06-20 Imprint WW Norton & Co Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2014-06-20 NZ Release Date 2014-06-20 US Release Date 2014-06-20 Pages 384 Publisher WW Norton & Co Alternative 9780393350593 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137326696;

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