The Charm School by Nelson Demille

The Charm School by Nelson Demille

A chilling, relentlessly suspenseful story of international intrigue and high-voltage political tension set in contemporary Russia, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The General's Daughter.

"Highly engaging super-suspense." --Kirkus Reviews

On a dark road deep inside Russia, a young American tourist picks up a most unusual passenger a U.S. POW on the run with an incredible secret to reveal to an unsuspecting world. The secret concerns "The Charm School," a vast and astounding KGB conspiracy that stands poised against the very heartland of America.

Arrayed against this renegade power of the Soviet state are three Americans: an Air Force officer, who will fly one last covert mission into the center of a mad experiment; an embassy liaison, who will have her hopes for a saner superpower balance brutally tested; and the chief of the CIA's Moscow station, who will find his intricate dance of destiny and death reaching its devastating conclusion.

Nelson DeMille is the author of twenty-one New York Times bestselling novels, six of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. The Deserter (co-written with Alex DeMille), The Cuban Affair, Word of Honor, Plum Island, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, and The General's Daughter (turned into a blockbuster film picture starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe) are among his novels. He's published short tales, book reviews, and magazine and newspaper articles. Nelson DeMille is a combat-decorated US Army veteran, a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, the Authors Guild, and the Mystery Writers of America, as well as a previous president. He's a member of the International Thriller Writers, who named him ThrillerMaster of the Year in 2015. He and his family live on Long Island.