Andrew Kaplan is a former journalist and war correspondent. He is the author of the spy thrillers Scorpion Betrayal , Scorpion Winter , and Scorpion Deception , along with his earlier bestselling novels, Hour of the Assassins , Scorpion , Dragonfire , and War of the Raven , and, most recently, the groundbreaking official series tie-in: Homeland: Carrie's Run . This is his second Homeland novel.