Barry Eisler

Barry Eisler reads his new thriller introducing military assassin Ben Treven. 301-986-1761.

A smart new thriller from the acclaimed and bestselling author of the John Rain novels.

The best-selling author of the John Rain novels will sign & discuss his new thriller, the first of a new series, Fault Line (Ballantine; $25). Silicon Valley: the eccentric inventor of a new encryption application is murdered in an apparent drug deal. Istanbul: a cynical undercover operative ... (more)receives a frantic call from his estranged brother, a patent lawyer who believes he’ll be the next victim. And on the sun-drenched slopes of Sand Hill Road, California’s nerve center of money and technology, old family hurts sting anew as two brothers who share nothing but blood and bitterness wage a desperate battle against a faceless enemy.

Meet award winning thriller author Barry Eisler as he reads from and signs copies of his new book, Fault Line. This is the story of two brothers, driven apart by old but still-simmering family hurts and by conflicting cultural and life choices, who are forced to put aside their grievances and to confront ... (more)their own painful secrets when one of them becomes a target in an international struggle for control of a powerful new technology.