Persian

A novel by David McCloskey, former CIA analyst and best-selling author, that takes readers on an immersive journey into the hidden war between Iran and Israel. Kamran Esfahani, a dentist living a monotonous life in Stockholm, agrees to spy for Mossad after being recruited by Arik Gletzman, the head of a secret unit charged with carrying out assassinations and sabotage inside Iran. Under Gleitzman's direction, Kamran returns to Tehran and opens a dental clinic there, using it as a cover for the Israeli intelligence service. Kamran proves his worth as a skilled agent, quietly making money by helping Glitzman smuggle weapons, surveil criminals, and carry out kidnappings. But when Kamran tries to recruit an Iranian widow seeking revenge for the killing of her husband at the hands of the Mossad, the operation is turned upside down, and he is thrown into prison under the supervision of a sadistic officer he knows only as “The General.” Now, after enduring three years of torture in captivity, Kamran Esfahani sits in an interrogation room across from the general, preparing to write his final confession. Cam realizes that it is too late to save himself. But he only managed to hide one secret, and maybe he could save him. In this poignant suspense novel, which moves between Tehran and Tel Aviv, Istanbul and Stockholm, David McCluskey presents a complex story of revenge, deception, and the power of love and forgiveness in a world full of lies.