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　　Robert Baer was known inside the CIA as perhaps the best

operative working the Middle East. Over several decades he served

everywhere from Iraq to New Delhi and racked up such an impressive

list of accomplishments that he was eventually awarded the Career

Intelligence Medal. But if his career was everything a spy

might aspire to, his personal life was a brutal illustration of

everything a spy is asked to sacrifice. Bob had few enduring

non-work friendships, only contacts and acquaintances. His

prolonged absences destroyed his marriage, and he felt intense

guilt at spending so little time with his children. Sworn to

secrecy and constantly driven by ulterior motives, he was a man

apart wherever he went.

Dayna Williamson thought of herself as just an ordinary

California girl -- admittedly one born into a comfortable

lifestyle. But she was always looking to get closer to the

edge. When she joined the CIA, she was initially tasked with

Agency background checks, but the attractive Berkeley graduate

quickly distinguished herself as someone who could thrive in the

field, and she was eventually assigned to “Protective Operations”

training where she learned to handle weapons and explosives and

conduct high-speed escape and evasion. Tapped to serve in some of

the world's most dangerous places, she discovered an inner strength

and resourcefulness she'd never known -- but she also came to see

that the spy life exacts a heavy toll. Her marriage crumbled,

her parents grew distant, and she lost touch with friends who'd

once meant everything to her.

When Bob and Dayna met on a mission in Sarajevo, it wasn't love

at first sight. They were both too jaded for that. But there was

something there, a spark. And as the danger escalated and their

affection for each other grew, they realized it was time to leave

“the Company,” to somehow rediscover the people they’d once

been.

As worldly as both were, the couple didn’t realize at first that

turning in their Agency I.D. cards would not be enough to put their

covert past behind. The fact was, their clandestine

relationships remained. Living as “civilians” in

conflict-ridden Beirut, they fielded assassination proposals, met

with Arab sheiks, wily oil tycoons, terrorists, and assorted

outlaws – and came perilously close to dying. But even then

they couldn’t know that their most formidable challenge lay

ahead.

Simultaneously a trip deep down the intelligence rabbit hole –

one that shows how the “game” actually works, including the

compromises it asks of those who play by its rules -- and a

portrait of two people trying to regain a normal life, The Company

We Keep is a masterly depiction of the real world of shadows.

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　　ROBERT BAER is the author of three New York Times

bestsellers involving the CIA: See No Evil (which was the

basis for the acclaimed film “Syriana”), Sleeping with the

Devil, and The Devil We Know. He has become one of the

most authoritative voices on American intelligence and frequently

appears as a media commentator. DAYNA BEAR, before leaving the

agency to settle down with Bob, was herself an accomplished CIA

operative.

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媒体评论

　　"The Company We Keep is the best true-life spy story I've ever

read…You'll find yourself rooting for these two vagabond spies, and

you won't want their exciting and moving story to end."--David

Ignatius, New York Times bestselling author of Body of Lies

　　"Funny, frightening, ironic, and deeply moving, this is an

utterly engrossing thrill ride through the hall of mirrors that is

modern espionage…A wonderful book."--Richard North Patterson, New

York Times bestselling author of Degree of Guilt and In the Name of

Honor

　　"Provides a spot-on and compelling portrait of real life inside

the CIA; the periods of boredom and frustration loudly punctuated

by fast-moving and sometimes frightening, sometimes amusing

intelligence operations.  Bob and Dayna Baer are the real deal

and they beautifully capture the murky world they lived and worked

in for years."--Valerie Plame Wilson, New York Times bestselling

author of Fair Game

　　"A revelation…[shows] how spies operate in the field, the

personal costs they pay for the exceptional lives they live, and

the way fate can deliver up redemption…I loved this book."--Barry

Eisler, New York Times bestselling author of Rain Fall and Fault

Line

　　"An emotionally candid memoir of a life few could imagine,

juggling terrorists and dictators with all too real family

dramas…describes how two accomplished spies trained in shooting for

the heart, improbably found their own."--Jane Mayer, National Book

Award Finalist for The Dark Side

　　"After 20 years as the CIA's best and most adventurous spy, Bob

Baer has established himself as America's go-to writer on espionage

and the Middle East in the age of 9/11. Now he and his wife Dayna

have added a heart-stopping new chapter, revealing how a couple

caught up in the dark world of CIA intrigue try to balance romance

and gunplay while building a relationship on the jagged edge of

undercover work…The Company We Keepwill make you ask, who needs

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?"--James Risen, Pulitzer-Prize winning

author of State of War

　　"A cross between John Le Carre and Erich Segal…Told with flair,

intelligence and emotion – and often diary-like detail."--Leslie

Stahl, CBS News

　　"Extraordinary…shows the Baers’ ultimate triumph over the

isolation inherent in their professions and the banality of

bureaucracy worldwide."--Lindsay Moran, author of Blowing My Cover:

My Life as a CIA Spy

　　"Will illuminate the dark world of intelligence gathering that

very few people ever see. It's filled with ground truth, tradecraft

and operational details...You will not be disappointed."--Fred

Burton, VP Intelligence, STRATFOR, and author of Ghost: Confessions

of a Counterterrorism Agent

　　"A cross between voyeurism and adventure, this book takes us

through the emotional, poignant, and often dangerous lives of two

CIA operatives: the fear, the violence, the requisite suspicion,

and the tenuous friendships…It’s especially intriguing to follow a

woman into dark corners, thrilling missions, and psychologically

difficult moments."--Rita Golden Gelman, author of Tales of a

Female Nomad

　　"Vivid and revealing…a look inside the real CIA."--David Wise,

author of Spy

书籍介绍

Robert Baer was known inside the CIA as perhaps the best operative working the Middle East. Over several decades he served everywhere from Iraq to New Delhi and racked up such an impressive list of accomplishments that he was eventually awarded the Career Intelligence Medal. But if his career was everything a spy might aspire to, his personal life was a brutal illustration of everything a spy is asked to sacrifice. Bob had few enduring non-work friendships, only contacts and acquaintances. His prolonged absences destroyed his marriage, and he felt intense guilt at spending so little time with his children. Sworn to secrecy and constantly driven by ulterior motives, he was a man apart wherever he went.

Dayna Williamson thought of herself as just an ordinary California girl -- admittedly one born into a comfortable lifestyle. But she was always looking to get closer to the edge. When she joined the CIA, she was initially tasked with Agency background checks, but the attractive Berkeley graduate quickly distinguished herself as someone who could thrive in the field, and she was eventually assigned to “Protective Operations” training where she learned to handle weapons and explosives and conduct high-speed escape and evasion. Tapped to serve in some of the world's most dangerous places, she discovered an inner strength and resourcefulness she'd never known -- but she also came to see that the spy life exacts a heavy toll. Her marriage crumbled, her parents grew distant, and she lost touch with friends who'd once meant everything to her.

When Bob and Dayna met on a mission in Sarajevo, it wasn't love at first sight. They were both too jaded for that. But there was something there, a spark. And as the danger escalated and their affection for each other grew, they realized it was time to leave “the Company,” to somehow rediscover the people they’d once been.

As worldly as both were, the couple didn’t realize at first that turning in their Agency I.D. cards would not be enough to put their covert past behind. The fact was, their clandestine relationships remained. Living as “civilians” in conflict-ridden Beirut, they fielded assassination proposals, met with Arab sheiks, wily oil tycoons, terrorists, and assorted outlaws – and came perilously close to dying. But even then they couldn’t know that their most formidable challenge lay ahead.

Simultaneously a trip deep down the intelligence rabbit hole – one that shows how the “game” actually works, including the compromises it asks of those who play by its rules -- and a portrait of two people trying to regain a normal life, The Company We Keep is a masterly depiction of the real world of shadows.