If you’re are interested in international espionage, clandestine operations, and the continuing war on global terrorism, then pick up a copy of Andrew Brittons’s “The American”. The story follows CIA agent Ryan Kealey as he struggles through a dangerous game across cities and oceans to prevent an American assassin he trained from launching a devastating terrorist attack on the United States. “The American” goes into great detail to describe a character’s actions in the story that it will make the reader feel they are watching it unfold on TV. Ryan Kealey is the American hero who was meant to battle global terrorism and will do anything to protect America. “The American” is a gripping story that shows the clandestine operations undertaken by the American Intelligence Community. It is easily comparable with other popular stories, TV shows and movies. Stories like this are only as good as the reader willing to read them. With the familiar region of the Washington DC as a back drop, readers will be gripping the pages waiting to see what comes next.