Thrillers don’t get timelier than The Persian, an intensely suspenseful high-stakes espionage chess match between the intelligence agencies of Israel and Iran. David McCloskey delivers a dramatic and surreal reading experience during this movement in history, and it wouldn’t surprise anyone if this story contains more fact than fiction.
Kamran Esfahani, a middling dentist in Stockholm, agrees to work with Israeli intelligence and returns to his home country of Iran, opening a dental clinic while secretly carrying out covert missions for the Mossad. As his involvement deepens from moving weapons to orchestrating abductions, he walks an increasingly dangerous line. After orchestrating a complicated recruitment of a woman with a vendetta against Israel, Kam gets exposed during a daring operation and is thrown into a notorious prison under the control of a ruthless figure known only as the General. Now, after years of torment, Kam is forced to write a final confession. But he’s still clinging to one buried truth. One that he is prepared to take to his grave.
The Persian is a masterfully constructed espionage thriller. The characters are fantastically crafted, the plot patiently developed, the tension consistently building, the little details perfectly placed and the ending befittingly emotional. Despite the story starting with the knowledge that Kam is in an Iranian prison, there is so much of the story that needs to be revealed. Taking readers on a journey that starts as a slow burn before accelerating to top speed and exploding with adrenaline-fueled action and emotional fallout. And just when you think you know how the story ends…bam! You’re hit upside the head with shocking revelations that leave you reeling.
This is another novel soaked in authenticity and dripping with realism from the pen of David McCloskey. A fantastic and complex tale of violence, vengeance and the no holds barred world of international espionage.
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