Charles McCarry is considered by many to be the master of world-class spy fiction, garnering praise from peers and critics alike for his riveting novels. Christopher Buckley wrote that McCarry ais not only one of the best writers in America but one of the most important. He dazzles, from epigraph to epilogue, a and the "Los Angeles Times" hailed his work as afirst rate, in the tradition of the best espionage fiction, John Buchan to Eric Ambler and John le CarrA(c).a In this magnificent new novel, which the "Washington Post" named a Best Book of the Year, McCarry returns to the world of his legendary character Paul Christopherawho has mysteriously disappeared. Led by Christopheras cousin Horace, a group of his retired colleaguesathe aOld Boysa from the Outfitaembark on a thrilling worldwide search for the master spy and an ancient scroll that may reveal an unspeakably dangerous truth.