{"product_id":"the-broker","title":"The Broker","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \"A fast-paced, fun read with echoes of something deeper. The author's command of pop fiction delivers crisp, sharp prose.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system. Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive--there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is, who will kill him?","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841247719629,"sku":"9780345532008","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_9ab390b9-56fc-40d4-8283-0a0b0feb1f65.jpg?v=1792025744","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-broker","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}