The American president sent him.... The Russian president caught him.... The free world is counting on him.... But he doesn't remember. Imagine Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Identity meets Tom Clancy's The Sum of All Fears . _______________________________________ Journey beneath the diplomatic veneer of international politics and beyond the reach of conventional military operations into the epicenter of clandestine affairs - where diplomats dance and spies collide in wars that never make the news. For the next step in its expansionist agenda, the Kremlin devises a covert coup far more devastating than Bin Laden's most dangerous dream. With the American economy in his crosshairs, Russian President Vladimir Korovin picks suitable pawns and pulls sizable levers, initiating the boldest gambit the world has ever seen. Halfway around the world, the White House develops a plan for derailing Russian aggression. A way-off-the-books, high-risk, high-reward plan. American President William Silver identifies the perfect person for his impossible mission: former CIA operative Kyle Achilles. With their plans in place and their spies undercover, each president is confident that he has outplayed the other - until everything goes wrong. The Lies of Spies will keep you guessing from the first moment to the last with the suspenseful twists and unpredictable turns readers expect from Tim Tigner. Don’t start it at night if you plan to work in the morning. _______________________________________ " Tim Tigner is the antidote of Dull ." —Steve Wilson "Clever to the point where you can't put the book down." —Maryellen Crane " I defy anyone to anticipate his plot twists ." —Henry Shop "Still trying to catch my breath. He is a superb storyteller." —Amy Peck " A thinking person's thriller ." —Glen Robins _______________________________________ Tim Tigner's books are recommended for fans of David Baldacci, Michael Crichton, Lee Child's Jack Reacher , Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan , Nelson DeMille's John Corey , Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp , Mark Greaney's Gray Man , Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X , Saul Herzog's Lance Spector, Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne , John Sandford's Lucas Davenport , Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon , Jack Slater's Jason Trapp , Brad Taylor's Pike Logan , Brad Thor's Scot Harvath , and Dan Brown's Robert Langdon . Tigner is the antidote of dull. --Steve Wilson The most gripping story line I have ever read. --Paul Surgess Tigner's style is so taut, you can feel the squeeze. --Janet Fleetwood International Bestselling Author Tim Tigner began his career in Soviet Counterintelligence with the US Army Special Forces, the Green Berets. That was back in the Cold War days when, We learned Russian so you didn't have to , something he did at the Presidio of Monterey alongside Recon Marines and Navy SEALs. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, Tim switched from espionage to arbitrage. Armed with a Wharton MBA rather than a Colt M16, he moved to Moscow in the midst of Perestroika. There, he lead prominent multinational medical companies, worked with cosmonauts on the MIR Space Station (from Earth, alas) chaired the Association of International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, and helped write Russia's first law on healthcare. Moving to Brussels during the formation of the EU, Tim ran Europe, Middle East and Africa for a Johnson & Johnson company and traveled like a character in a Robert Ludlum novel. He eventually landed in Silicon Valley, where he launched new medical technologies as a startup CEO. Intent on combining his creativity with his experience, Tim began writing thrillers in 1996 from an apartment overlooking Moscow's Gorky Park. Twenty years later, his passion for creative writing continues to grow every day. His home office now overlooks a vineyard in Northern California, where he lives with his wife Elena and their two daughters. Tim grew up in the Midwest, and graduated from Hanover College with a BA in Philosophy and Mathematics. After military service and work as a financial analyst and foreign-exchange trader, he earned an MBA in Finance and an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton and Lauder schools.