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Praise for
INSIDE OUT
    Additional praise, sources, a bibliography, location photos, and more at www.barryeisler.com
    “Addictive… a microscope turned on the official policies of torture, extraordinary rendition, and the systematic ghosting of detainees.”
                                —Matthew Alexander , author of
How to Break a Terrorist
    “A white knuckle roller-coaster ride through the dark side…”
                                —Robert Baer , author of
See No Evil
    “ Tight plotting and believable characters show us unforgivingly how counter-terrorism turns counter-productive.”
                                —Juan Cole , author of
Engaging the Muslim World
    “Plumbs, with absolute credibility , the darkest recesses of our recent public life.”
                                —Mark Danner , author of
Torture and Truth
    “So synthesizes fact and fiction it leaves you contemplating where one ends and the other begins.”
                                —Laura K. Donohue , author of
The Cost of Counterterrorism
    “All the more gripping because it rings so true .”
                                —Daphne Eviatar , Human Rights First
    “Read it for scary fun , only to realize the facts are the scariest things of all.”
                                —Charles Ferguson , Oscar-nominated writer, director and producer of
No End in Sight
    “White-hot prose that is terrifying—and riveting—because it is so true to life.”
                                —Alex Gibney , Oscar-winning writer, director, and producer of
Taxi to the Dark Side
    “Profoundly insightful commentary on the most pressing political controversies of the day within a riveting dramatic plot.”
                                —Glenn Greenwald , Salon, author of
Great American Hypocrites
    “A brilliant work of fiction —but is it really so fictional?”
                                —Scott Horton , Contributing Editor, Harper’s Magazine
    “A modern Heart of Darkness , made more frightening because it’s all too real.”
                                —Jeffrey Kaye , AlterNet; FireDogLake; Invictus
    “ Unexcelled and horrific … becomes uniquely fixed in one’s memory—and fears.”
                                —Walter LaFeber , author of
America, Russia, and the Cold War
    “Masterful… impossible to put down; impossible to dismiss as mere fiction .”
                                —Dahlia Lithwick , Senior Editor, Slate
    “Fantastic… What le Carré and Clancy did for the Cold War, Eisler does for the shadow government.”
                                —Roger McNamee , Managing Director, Elevation Partners
    “Grips you from the very beginning… It could not be more topical or devastating.”
                                —Philippe Sands , author of
Torture Team
    “A great read… Eisler paints a scary parallel universe , then holds it up like a mirror to reflect reality.”
                                —Chris Shipley , Co-founder and Chairman, Guidewire Group
    “A gripping thriller… What Eisler posits as fiction feels terrifyingly like fact .”
                                —Clive Stafford Smith , founder of Reprieve, author of
Eight O’Clock Ferry to the Windward Side
    “ Page-turningly addictive , and a plot that owes much to the realities of modern-day America.”
                                —Andy Worthington , author of
The Guantanamo Files
    “ Must reading regardless of one’s political persuasion if truth still matters and integrity is valued.”
                                —Philip Zimbardo , Ph.D., author of
The Lucifer Effect

BARRY
EISLER

INSIDE OUT

ABOUT INSIDE OUT
    Torture.
    Ghost Detainees.
    And a massive cover-up that continues even today.
    This is the propulsive thriller only former CIA operative turned bestselling novelist Barry Eisler could write.
    Marooned in a Manila jail after a bar fight fatality, black ops soldier Ben Treven gets a visit from his former commander, Colonel