About the Author

JOBY WARRICK has been a reporter for The Washington Post since 1996. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and the author of Black Flags and The Triple Agent.

Reviews

Excellent.
*The Independent*

Highly readable and well-sourced - a real-life thriller. Engrossing.
*Observer*

Presents [the story] sharply and compellingly.
*Washington Post*

Shines a light on just how extraordinary the international operation to rid Syria of 1,300 tonnes of some of the most dangerous materials on the planet was. Powerful.
*The New Arab*

'Combines the novelist's gift for storytelling with the journalist's gift for hard research...essential and compelling reading for anyone seeking to understand the unimaginable tragedy of the Syrian civil war'
*The Tablet*