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The Sisters
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This espionage classic by the New York Times bestselling author of The Company follows two lethal CIA agents at the height of the Cold War as they manipulate a KGB assassin into executing an international scheme on their behalf.
Legendary CIA agents Francis and Carroll were once called “the Sisters Death and Night” by their colleagues. As the duo approaches retirement, some within the Company say that they are past their prime. To shift the balance of power in America’s favor, Francis and Carroll hatch a plan worthy of their former triumphs: awaken an infamous KGB assassin thought to be living in New York and manipulate him into carrying out a master plot to assassinate the president of the United States.
They first deceive the Potter, former head of the KGB, into revealing the identity of his most notorious student. After realizing that he has betrayed his best sleeper agent—the man he thinks of as a son—the Potter races to stop his protégé from committing the Sisters' operation.
Called "the plot of plots" by the New York Times, The Sisters is a spy classic swirling with brilliant puzzles, shocking double-crosses, and resonant questions about ideology.
Legendary CIA agents Francis and Carroll were once called “the Sisters Death and Night” by their colleagues. As the duo approaches retirement, some within the Company say that they are past their prime. To shift the balance of power in America’s favor, Francis and Carroll hatch a plan worthy of their former triumphs: awaken an infamous KGB assassin thought to be living in New York and manipulate him into carrying out a master plot to assassinate the president of the United States.
They first deceive the Potter, former head of the KGB, into revealing the identity of his most notorious student. After realizing that he has betrayed his best sleeper agent—the man he thinks of as a son—the Potter races to stop his protégé from committing the Sisters' operation.
Called "the plot of plots" by the New York Times, The Sisters is a spy classic swirling with brilliant puzzles, shocking double-crosses, and resonant questions about ideology.
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About Robert Littell
Robert Littell is the author of twenty-two other highly acclaimed novels, many about the Cold War and the Soviet Union, including his masterwork, New York Times bestseller The Company, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award winner for best mystery-thriller Legends. An American born in Brooklyn, Robert Littell now lives in France.
Sarah Weinman is the author of the nonfiction books The Real Lolita, Scoundrel, and Without Consent, and the Crime & Mystery columnist for the New York Times Book Review.
Sarah Weinman is the author of the nonfiction books The Real Lolita, Scoundrel, and Without Consent, and the Crime & Mystery columnist for the New York Times Book Review.
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