Winner of the 2015 Scribe Award for the Best Original Media Tie-Novel of the Year! Leading a mission to capture master terrorist, Abu Nazir, CIA operations officer Carrie Mathison discovers a dangerous threat inside the Agency in this thrilling second official prequel novel to Showtime's Emmy Award-winning hit series Homeland . Damascus, Syria, 2009. Carrie Mathison is leading an operation to capture or kill al Qaeda terrorist, Abu Nazir. But arriving at the compound where he was supposed to be in hiding, they find it empty. Carrie is sure that someone is leaking CIA information to the enemy and has betrayed their operation, seriously threatening American interests in the Middle East. To expose the double agent, her boss, Saul Berenson, devises an elaborate ruse that will send her on the most dangerous mission of her life. This twisting tale of international intrigue takes fans deeper into the intense world of high-stakes espionage, and explores never-before-seen details of Carrie's life as an operative in the Middle East, Saul's past as an agent in Iran, Brody's dark childhood and captivity, and events involving the trio--and other favorite characters, like Dar Adal--that will lead them to the present. Winner of the 2015 Scribe Award for the Best Original Media Tie-Novel! " Saul's Game allows readers to find out more of the early life of the main characters, but also gives an understanding of the issues facing the Middle East today." - Crimespree Magazine "Kaplan's experiences have greatly contributed to the realism of the story . . . he knows the makeup of the Middle East." - MilitaryPress.com " Saul's Game is a spectacular read that augments and enhances the series." - Book and Film Lover A rip-roaring original prequel novel based on Showtime's Award-winning hit series Homeland Damascus, Syria, 2009. Carrie Mathison is leading an operation to capture or kill al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Nazir. But arriving at the compound where he was supposed to be in hiding, her team finds it empty. Carrie is sure that someone is leaking CIA information to the enemy and has betrayed their operation, seriously threatening American interests in the Middle East. To expose the double agent, her boss, Saul Berenson, devises an elaborate ruse that will send her on the most dangerous mission of her life. This twisting tale of international intrigue takes fans deeper into the intense world of high-stakes espionage and explores never-before-seen details of Carrie's life as an operative in the Middle East, Saul's past as an agent in Iran, Brody's dark childhood and captivity, and events involving the trio—and other favorite characters like Dar Adal—that will lead them to the present. Andrew Kaplan is a former journalist and war correspondent. He is the author of the spy thrillers Scorpion Betrayal , Scorpion Winter , and Scorpion Deception , along with his earlier bestselling novels, Hour of the Assassins , Scorpion , Dragonfire , and War of the Raven , and, most recently, the groundbreaking official series tie-in: Homeland: Carrie's Run . This is his second Homeland novel.