{"product_id":"book-2qo2","title":"Aiken in Check","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“An utterly distinctive voice in spy fiction, nobody captures espionage quite like Beckner.\"\u003c\/em\u003e—I.S. BERRY, \u003cem\u003eEdgar Award-winning Author of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Freighted with moral, philosophical weight, Aiken in Check pits the restless, free-associating mind of its CIA narrator, Russell Aiken, against the agency itself in this epic climax of the Spy Game Trilogy that thrills as it digs deep.” \u003c\/em\u003eEDITOR’S PICK\u003cem\u003e Publisher’s Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Smart. Gritty. Brilliantly executed.\"\u003c\/em\u003e—CHARLES CUMMING\u003cem\u003e, International Best-selling Author of BOX 88 and KENNEDY 35\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGladys\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eFeeling a little paranoid on our last day?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNathan Muir\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eWhen did Noah build the ark, Gladys? Before the rain, before the rain.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eLove or country? To save one you must sacrifice the other… The epic climax to the Aiken Trilogy rooted in the Robert Redford\/Brad Pitt film \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpy Game\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, it’s the question faced by Nathan Muir protégé Russell Aiken when he defects to Cuba.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Michael Frost Beckner delivers a masterclass in intrigue, betrayal, and the true cost of loyalty.”\u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBRUCE BORGOS, USA TODAY bestselling author of the Porter Beck Mysteries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eHaunted by the ghosts of past, present, and future spies, Aiken is trapped in a lethal battle with Havana intelligence officers desperate to discover the CIA’s top spy hidden inside Fidel Castro’s government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eAiken must betray Nathan Muir and Tom Bishop—exposing CIA operations that link Cuba, China, and Venezuela in a startling conspiracy—in order to rescue the woman he loves…all in a single night without leaving the hotel room of his interrogation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e2023 FINALIST, BEST THRILLER AWARDS “Aiken in Check is one of the year’s best spy thrillers.\"\u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBestThrillers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Reading Beckner’s Spy Game saga is like seeing Picasso’s Guernica for the first time. A Cubist deconstruction of the spy trade coupled with an interior absurdist monologue worthy of Vonnegut.” Alex Abella, New York Times Notable Author \u0026amp; Emmy Award-winning journalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“It’s policy versus heart… Will challenge you in ways you haven’t been challenged before.” TONY SCOTT director of Spy Game\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eBursting with Aiken’s wit and erstwhile confusion, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAiken in Check\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a love letter confession, wrapped in the haunting of three spies’ dangerous past, on a mind-bending, time-twisting, betrayal-baiting Christmas Eve that by dawn will see him lose everything or become the grandmaster of the Spy Game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A real adrenaline blast… I loved it!” \u003c\/em\u003eROBERT REDFORD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The moral ambiguities of John le Carré, the technical precision of Tom Clancy, and the violent impact of Robert Ludlum.” \u003c\/em\u003eThe US Review of Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuy Now\u003c\/strong\u003e and return to the world of Nathan Muir and Tom Bishop, but be warned: in the Spy Game, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“It’s not how you play the game… It’s how the game plays you.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e©2022 Michael Frost Beckner (P)2026 Audible, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audible","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":68094293442864,"sku":"ZE2qo2","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2qo2","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}