First get through the ‘Set-up’, then follow the ‘Play’ and, finally, enjoy the confusion that in the end makes perfect sense.

"The kind of thing John le Carre might have written if he knew then what we know now."

"Tauter than Robert Ludlum’s Bourne…Steinhauer is a young Len Deighton."

"A gripping envisioning of a cynical, murderous and treacherous world of post-Cold War espionage."

"Like le Carre’s George Smiley, Weaver is a richly imagined creation with a scarred psyche and a complex backstory."

"Steinhauer’s complex, moving spy novel is perfect for our uncertain, emotionally fraught times."