Description
A dentist in Stockholm is pulled into a covert war when he’s recruited by Israel’s Mossad to infiltrate Iran—using a seemingly ordinary life in Tehran as cover for surveillance, sabotage, and targeted operations. As Kamran Esfahani navigates shifting loyalties and escalating consequences, a single attempt to recruit a grieving widow turns his mission into a catastrophe, leaving him imprisoned and facing a relentless interrogator known only as “the General.” Now, after years of torture, Kam must decide what to confess—and what to protect—while the truth threatens to unravel everything he’s built. Blending international intrigue with intimate moral stakes, this fast-moving thriller explores vengeance and forgiveness, the cost of deception, and the fragile power of love under pressure. David McCloskey’s sharp, former-CIA-informed storytelling delivers a tense, globe-spanning shadow conflict with a haunting emotional core.
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paperback
W. W. Norton & Company
Published Sep 30, 2025
468 pages
ISBN: 9781324123200
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Details
First Published
2025
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Persian by David McCloskey.