The Sisters

An astonishing thriller from the author of The Company

　　A classic among espionage aficionados, The Sisters features what the New York Times called "the plot of plots." Centering on Francis and Carroll, two enigmatic and extremely dangerous CIA legends dubbed "the Sisters Death and Night," The Sisters masterfully unveils an abyss of artful deception. By luring the Potter, a former head of the KGB sleeper school, into betraying his last and best assassin living secretly in the United States, Francis and Carroll set off a desperate race against time as the Potter tries to stop his prot?g? from committing the Sisters' exquisitely planned, world-shattering crime.

Author Description

　　Connoisseurs of the literary spy thriller have elevated Robert Littell to the genre's highest ranks, along with Graham Greene and Alan Furst. A former Newsweek journalist, Littell is an American currently living in France.