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The Increment: A Novel Audiobook
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From a hidden enclave in the maze of Tehran, an Iranian scientist who calls himself "Dr. Ali" sends an encrypted message to the CIA. It falls to Harry Pappas to decide if it's for real. Dr. Ali sends more secrets of the Iranian bomb program to the agency, then panics. He's being followed, but he doesn't know who's onto him, and neither does Pappas. The White House is no help—they're looking for a pretext to attack Tehran.
To get his agent out, Pappas turns to a secret British spy team known as "The Increment," whose operatives carry the modern version of the double-O "license to kill." But the real story here is infinitely more complicated than he understands, and to get to the bottom of it he must betray his own country.
The Increment is The Spy Who Came in from the Cold set in Iran, with a dose of Graham Greene's The Human Factor to highlight the subtleties of betrayal.
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"Take a first-rate Clancy special operation, wrap an intricate LeCarre plot around it, and add the Middle Eastern soul that is David Ignatius' trademark and you have this superb espionage tale set in present-day Iran about a most believable nuclear weapons threat. Definitely not George Clooney."
— Cindy (5 out of 5 stars)
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A classic spy thriller with a vengeance, the best work of one of the three or four best workers at this trade.
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“The novel shows us Ignatius…working at the top of his powers well within the boundaries of this genre. The result is superb spy fiction.”
— NPR -
“Mr. Ignatius is one of those rare writers who understands the gestalt of the intelligence community—gets its culture and its modus vivendi spot on.”
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“A page-turner of the highest order.”
— Publishers Weekly
The Increment Listener Reviews
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" I picked out this book because of my inability to stay away from any book that is somehow compared to Le Carre's earlier books, and this time it was The Spy Who Came in From the Cold! Of course this was not of the same caliber of any of Le Carre's earlier novels, in terms of plot and style. Still this is not a bad read. Interesting premises and enough suspense will keep you guessing till the end. The biggest laugh had to be the mention of Thomas Friedman's The World Is Not Flat and how one Iranian in a cafe commented on Friedman being the greatest writer of our times. Three stars for the joke and the laugh! "
— Zhiqing, 2/10/2014 -
" I wanted to make it, I really did, but I've given up. Maybe I'll come back to it one day, I usually like David Ignatius, but I just couldn't force myself to get through this one. "
— Carolyn, 2/9/2014 -
" A young Iranian scientist sends an email to the CIA wanting to give them information about the regime building nuclear bombs. Soon the Brits are in as well and a Lebanese arms dealer and before long you can't put the book down until you find out who and what is real. Great summer read. "
— Sandra, 2/2/2014 -
" Good Iranian espionage story. Conspiracy theory?....perhaps. "
— Susan, 1/23/2014 -
" A finely crafted quintessential spy/espionage novel. "
— Dave, 1/18/2014 -
" neat little spy thriller. The perfect read on the long ride from DC to India! "
— Nishant, 1/15/2014 -
" This is the first book I read of David Ignatius. I immediately became hooked. Now I'm reading Siro. Boy, what a great author. I plan to read all of his books. "
— Onmrbill, 12/24/2013 -
" Fun read. Lots of potential; could have been even better. "
— Peter, 12/22/2013 -
" Not as good as "Agents of Innocence" but a solid read nonetheless! "
— Nicholas, 12/5/2013 -
" a disappointment given his previous books "
— Sharron, 12/4/2013 -
" Meh, somewhat interesting, but not a page-turner. It doesn't make me want to read any of his other books. "
— Nels, 12/4/2013
About David Ignatius
David Ignatius, bestselling author of Body of Lies and The Increment and prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post, has been covering the Middle East and the CIA for more than twenty-five years. He lives in Washington, DC.
About Dick Hill
Dick Hill was one of the most awarded narrators in the business. We was named by AudioFile magazine as a Golden Voice and also as a Voice of the Century. He earned several of the prestigious annua Audie Awards for Best Narration and thirty-four AudioFile Earphones Awards. In addition to narrating, he both acted in and wrote for the theater. He passed away in 2022.