A Prince of Mirrors

Victoria "Vicˮ OʼBannon, a skilled CIA case officer specializing in Iran, is recalled to Langley to become Chief of the Iran section "back-room,ˮ managing all of the agencyʼs internal Iranian assets. Her network includes the long-running, high-level source Ali Shahrestani, AJGRANULAR, a principled cleric on the Supreme Council for National Security, and a new virtual walk-in, Bahreman GulShahr, AJBOROMIR, a decorated but disillusioned Qods Force colonel. Another asset, the money-motivated Ardashir, AJCORDUROY, provides critical intelligence on General Qassem Soleimaniʼs travel plans. Following a US drone strike that kills Soleimani in Baghdad, the Iranian regime is thrown into turmoil. The Supreme Leader demands revenge and orders Hossein Lashgari, the ruthless head of IRGC counterespionage, to hunt down the traitors responsible. Lashgari, who holds a personal, years-long grudge against Ali Shahrestani, begins to focus his suspicion on him. Meanwhile, the new Qods Force commander, Esmail Ghaedi, initiates a top-secret revenge operation, a radiological attack on US soil, to be carried out by a deep-cover sleeper agent. Through separate channels, both GRANULAR and BOROMIR get wind of the highly-compartmented revenge plot and Vic passes the intel to FBI Special Agent Darius Nemati, who launches a desperate manhunt. In Tehran, Lashgari escalates his pressure on Ali by arresting his activist son. In the US, the FBI attempts to track down the sleeper agent to prevent an attack that could kill thousands. As the lines between duty and personal cost blur, she discovers that in the murky world of espionage, every secret has a human price.