The Collaborators (The Cormorant Trilogy Book 1)

The Collaborators is a spy thriller that follows CIA officer Ari Falk and LA heiress Maya Chou as they become entangled in a conspiracy involving present-day Russia and the CIA. Falk, a disaffected millennial intelligence officer, faces a moral and professional crisis after the death of his best asset. Chou, troubled and spiraling, is searching for her Russian American billionaire father who has disappeared. Together, the pair travels across multiple locations—Berlin, Tangier, Latvia, Belarus, and an abandoned technopark outside Moscow—while uncovering a shocking answer to how post-Soviet Russia took a wrong turn. The novel combines realistic espionage tradecraft with witty dialogue and fast-paced storytelling, offering insight into the secretities of intelligence work. Named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue, it is the first book in The Cormorant Trilogy.