{"product_id":"lost-son-brett-forrest-9780316591614","title":"Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the Fbi's Secret Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy \u003c\/i\u003eBest Summer Reading Pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A young American lost in Russia. An FBI-cover up. A mystery leading from Washington to the heart of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine. \u003cp\u003eWhen Billy Reilly vanished, his parents embarked on a desperate search for answers. Was their son's disappearance connected to his mysterious work for the FBI, or was it a personal quest gone wrong? Only when Wall Street Journal reporter Brett Forrest embarks on his own investigation does a picture emerge: of the FBI's exploitation of US citizens through a secretive intelligence program, a young man's lust for adventure within the world's conflicts, and the costs of a rising clash between Moscow and Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSept. 11th roused Billy Reilly's curiosity for religions, war, and the world and its people beyond his small town near Detroit. Online, Billy taught himself Arabic and Russian. His passions led him into jihadi Internet forums, attracting the interest of the FBI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn amateur drawn into professional intelligence, Billy became a Confidential Human Source, one of thousands of civilians who assist FBI agents with investigative work, often at great hazard and with little recourse. When Russia stirred rebellion in Ukraine, Billy set out to make his mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Russia, Billy's communications dropped. His parents, frantic, asked the FBI for help but struggled to find answers. Grasping for clues, the Reilly family turned to Brett Forrest. Commencing a quest of his own, Forrest applied years' worth of research, along with decades of extensive experience in Russia, illuminating the inner workings of the national-security machine that enmeshed Billy and his family, picking up the lost son's trail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of reporting, composed like a thriller, blending political maneuvering and international espionage, \u003ci\u003eLost Son \u003c\/i\u003eillustrates one man's coming of age amid new global dangers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brett Forrest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316591610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316591614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/05\/2023","brand":"Brett Forrest","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072438235391,"sku":"9780316591614","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb1b0b9d-9cd9-4e37-8b9d-56cbdba716f9.jpg?v=1685441967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lost-son-brett-forrest-9780316591614","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}