In The Faithful Spy, Alex Bernson tells a modern day story of John Wells, a deep cover CIA agent working to get close to Al Qaeda as a fighter in Afghanistan. Wells is an interesting character that of course the CIA doesn’t trust and Al Qaeda is guarded about. Wells is trying to save the USA from a major terrorist attack but is not always successful. The general storyline is well trodden territory but the general dialog and clever twists and turns in the bad guys characters will keep your interest through to the last page. Although there are a few lame events in the middle of the story I still give The Faithful Spy a good read rating.