MAX KARPOV is the author of THE CHILDREN'S GAME, the Amazon best-selling thriller about Russian cyber warfare, fake news, and modern espionage. The novel features former CIA officer Christopher Niles. THE CHILDREN'S GAME "...captures perfectly the mentality of Vladimir Putin's Russia ... And on top of that, the book is near impossible to put down. A must-read." - Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell Karpov is a journalist and novelist who has written for The Washington Post, The Miami Herald and elsewhere.