Swap: A Secret History of the New Cold War

Runner-Up – Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award for the Best Non-Fiction Book of 2025

From the Wall Street Journal's award-winning international investigations team comes a spellbinding account of a spy war between the U.S. and Russia that transformed into a ruthless game of hostage-taking, in which Putin held all the cards.

Narrated with the propulsive drive of a spy thriller and packed with revelatory reporting, Swap takes you deep inside a shadow war that will upend how you think ab...