The Director: A Novel

David Ignatius , bestselling author of Body of Lies and The Increment 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. --This text refers to the audioCD edition. Another brilliant thriller from the Dean of International Intrigue. Deception, deceit, and dishonor The Director doesn't let up and absolutely doesn't 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. Here's your chance to see inside the CIA. Sculpted with an insider's 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. "As a writer, Ignatius doesn t 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. "Ignatius has given readers another compelling and enlightening look at what might happen next month. Must-read twenty-first-century espionage fiction. " --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist *Starred Review* Ignatius is now far better known for his novels (including Bloodmoney, 2011) than for his decades of insightful commentary on foreign affairs and the CIA. But his reporting and commentary, as well as his contacts at Foggy Bottom and Langley, always inform his fiction. This time his subject is the CIA and evidence that Agency computers have been hacked. It falls to a CIA director only a week into his tenure to deal with the crisis. Graham Weber has been hired to shake up an institution that has become sclerotic and is still reeling from WikiLeaks and Snowden’s revelations. To confront both crises, Weber turns to the Agency’s top computer savant, who is a former world-class hacker, while he confronts the myriad intrigues and intransigences inside the CIA and the vast national intelligence network. Ignatius is on new ground here. The hacker culture and ethos is an insular world, but he does a fine job in portraying it through the rollicking sketch of Def Con, the annual hacker convention that is a prime intel recruitment site. He’s similarly successful with Morris, the CIA computer savant: Morris is überbrilliant, a bit kinky, and spectacularly devious. Ignatius even effectively outlines a plausible hack that rocks the entire world economy. He’s given readers another compelling and enlightening look at what might happen next month. Must-read twenty-first-century espionage fiction. --Thomas Gaughan --This text refers to the hardcover edition. Read more