<p><b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The End of Power</i> comes an edge-of-your-seat political thriller about rival spies, dangerous love, and one of history’s most devastating revolutions.</b></p><p>Venezuela, 1992. Unknown colonel Hugo Chávez stages an ill-fated coup against a corrupt government, igniting the passions of Venezuela’s poor and catapulting the oil-rich country to international attention. For two rival spies hurriedly dispatched to Caracas—one from Washington, DC, and the other from Fidel Castro’s Cuba—this is a career-defining mission.</p><p>Smooth-talking Iván Rincón of Cuba’s Intelligence Directorate needs a rebel ally to secure the future of his own country. His job: support Chávez and the revolution by rallying the militants and neutralizing any opposing agents.</p><p>Meanwhile, the CIA’s Cristina Garza will do everything in her power to cut Chávez’s influence short. He