Acrobat

"Hip and lethal [with] a dynamite opening scene...lively and fun to read."-Washington Post The CIA work group Acrobat is on the run. Young and sophisticated, smart and daring this specialized group of five CIA operatives, formed to expose the criminal acts of traitors within the CIA, is now the target of the organization they once defended. "Gonzalo Lira writes with the polished hand of a poet and a fighter's taste for blood." -Lorenzo Carcaterra, author ofSleeper and Gangster Accused of stealing sixty million dollars and selling U.S. secrets, Acrobat must go underground. Pursued from the secret corridors of the CIA to the gritty streets of New York by their former allies and friends, they soon realize there is a traitor among them. But who would betray the trust of the group? "A perfectly twisted ending the most jaded reader won't see coming." -Publishers Weekly Caught in a web of lies and deceit, the group must decide: stay and fight or run and escape? Stylish, edgy and completely original-from the explosive opening scene to the final astonishing moments-this is masterful storytelling at breakneck speeds.Lira, Gonzalo is the author of 'Acrobat' with ISBN 9780312989712 and ISBN 0312989717.