{"product_id":"9780684872186","title":"Dead Ground: A Novel","description":"Spy fiction its best: A mission of revenge, a haunting love story, and a chilling tale -- in the definitive novel of the end of the Cold War. \u003cbr\u003e Celebrated for his \"palm-sweating tension\" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e and \"rare insight\" \u003ci\u003e(Cleveland Plain Dealer),\u003c\/i\u003e Gerald Seymour has scored bull's-eye after bull's-eye with readers and critics. Now, crackling with suspense and finely realized characters, \u003ci\u003eDead Ground\u003c\/i\u003e floodlights an East German Stasi as chilling at the collapse of the Communist world as it was throughout its reign of terror. \u003cbr\u003e One frozen night, Tracy Barnes witnesses the killing of her lover by the secret police. Years later, when the Wall has crumbled and old enemies have become new friends, Tracy encounters the murderer and plans to make him pay. But in a country still at war with itself, Tracy finds that she is being played as a pawn in a far bigger game of revenge that reaches all the way to Moscow. In \u003ci\u003eDead Ground,\u003c\/i\u003e exposing some uncomfortable truths behind one of recent history's most important political transitions, Gerald Seymour shows himself to be a truly unique talent.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105744142576,"sku":"9780684872186","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780684872186_p0.jpg?v=1763609209","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780684872186","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}