The Hunted
- Length: 592 pages
- Edition: 1 Reprint
- Language: English
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Publication Date: 2010-08-01
- ISBN-10: 044619560X
- ISBN-13: 9780446195607
- Sales Rank: #695174 (See Top 100 Books)
New York Times bestselling author Brian Haig delivers his a thriller inspired by a true story about one man running between two countries, trying desperately to escape his past.
In 1987, Alex Konevitch was thrown out ofMoscowUniversityfor “indulging his entrepreneurial spirit.” But by 1991, he was worth $300 million. On track to becomeRussia’s wealthiest man, he makes one critical mistake: he hires the former deputy director of the KGB to handle his corporate security. And then his world begins to fall apart. Kidnapped, beaten, and forced to relinquish his business and his fortune, Alex and his wife escape to theUnited States, only to be accused by his own government of stealing millions from his business. With a mob contract out on his life and the FBI hot on his trail, Alex is a desperate man without a country-facing the ultimate sacrifice for the chance to build a new life for himself and his family.