{"product_id":"the-nord-stream-conspiracy-the-inside-story-of-the-explosions-that-shook-the-world","title":"The Nord Stream Conspiracy: The Inside Story of the Explosions That Shook the World","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e most anticipated book of the year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A remarkable book... Bojan Pancevski tells a high-stakes international war story in blockbuster prose... a spectacular feat of investigative journalism, built on his intimate access to the senior Ukrainian intelligence chiefs who say they hatched the idea and to the German police officials who eventually tracked them down.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A truly riveting account of the most notorious act of sabotage in modern history. Bojan Pancevski combines investigative flair with geopolitical insight to illuminate not only how the Nord Stream pipelines were destroyed, but why they matter so profoundly to Europe's energy, security and political future. A real-life page turner.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePeter Frankopan\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Totally fascinating, deeply researched, as compelling as a real international spy thriller that follows a winding thread through a submerged world of conspiracy - both a fantastic read and an important work of investigation.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of \u003ci\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Welcome to the kaleidoscopic and contested world of the Nord Stream bombing--perhaps the most daring and consequential act of sabotage since the second world war... Bojan Pancevski, a reporter with \n\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, has filled in much of the detail in a story of war and European energy politics that reads like the plot of an implausible if gripping thriller.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An absolutely extraordinary book... Combining the skills of a detective with those of a novelist, Pancevski has not only uncovered the truth about one of the most daring acts of sabotage in modern history but done so with the page-turning propulsion of a first-rate fiction thriller. One of those rare books that informs even as it wholly entertains.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Scott Anderson, author of \u003ci\u003eLawrence in Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bojan Pancevski has written a powerful detective story that finally and definitively answers the question of who blew up Nord Stream 2. Not only is it brilliant journalism, but it reads like a bestselling thriller.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and co-author of \u003ci\u003e2034\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cinematic... This is, if you're looking for a Father's Day gift, a classic dad book.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Semafor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Nord Stream Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting exposé of the audacious sabotage that destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines--the largest German-Russian energy project in history. With extraordinary access to the key players across nations, Bojan Pancevski delivers a gripping account and the closest look yet at an event whose geopolitical repercussions continue to reverberate.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Walter Russell Mead, author of \u003ci\u003eSpecial Providence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book is a classic and deeply engaging thriller about the actions of a vividly rendered and larger than life cast of characters involved in both the sabotage operation and its criminal investigation. With a keen journalist's eye for detail and a movie director's sense of pacing, Bojan Pancevski tells one hell of a story. You won't want to put this book down until you're finished.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Fiona Hill, author of \u003ci\u003eThere Is Nothing For You Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Pancevski's lively and well-written account is about as close as we're likely to get to a straightforward story of what happened under the Baltic Sea... Plenty of current-affairs books these days are trumpeted with the phrase 'reads like a thriller.' \n\u003ci\u003eThe Nord Stream Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e genuinely does.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A cinematic and compelling account of one of history's greatest acts of sabotage, Bojan Pancevski's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Nord Stream Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e--unlike so much of what's been said by politicians and commentators on the attack--has the added benefit of being true.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Ben Smith, founder of \u003ci\u003eSemafor \u003c\/i\u003eand author of \u003ci\u003eTraffic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like \n\u003ci\u003eLondon Falling\u003c\/i\u003e... An absolute thriller.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlastair Campbell, \u003ci\u003eThe Rest is Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bojan Pancevski's investigation into the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines is as daring and mind-blowing as the sabotage itself. In its details the book is as precise as a brain surgery.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Ivan Krastev, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Light that Failed: A Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bojan Pancevski delivers one of the most significant and riveting journalistic scoops of the twenty-first century. Through exclusive interviews, he reveals the definitive account of a daring mission brimming with secrets, saboteurs, and spies. This is investigative storytelling at its finest--relentlessly fast-paced, meticulously reported, and an absolute page-turner.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Richard Kerbaj, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of the Five Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBojan Pancevski\u003c\/b\u003e is the chief European political correspondent of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e, covering European and global affairs. In two decades of dispatches and reporting from across Europe and beyond, he has won several journalism awards and was part of the \n\u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e's team of Pulitzer Prize finalists for international reporting in 2025.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA riveting exposé of the attack on the Nord Stream \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003epipelines, the largest act of sabotage in modern \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ehistory, told through unprecedented access and deep \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003einvestigative reporting--part geopolitical thriller, \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003epart true-crime detective story, part gritty war chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn September 2022, Scandinavian seismologists detected what seemed to be an undersea earthquake near the Danish island of Bornholm. Instead, several powerful explosions had destroyed Nord Stream, the $20 billion pipeline system that transported cheap Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. The mysterious blasts shifted global geopolitics, disrupted European economies, and triggered a manhunt that strained relations within the NATO alliance. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on years of firsthand reporting, award-winning \n\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e correspondent Bojan Pancevski presents the definitive, behind-the-scenes account of this audacious operation. Authorized at the highest levels of Ukraine's leadership, the mission was ostensibly unofficial and conducted with the utmost secrecy. Pancevski secured exclusive access to the German investigators and their political overseers as well as the Ukrainian agents who executed the attack--a team of intelligence officers, military personnel, and civilian divers. The saboteurs operated on a shoestring budget, using a small rented yacht with a seven-member crew to conduct the strike at great risk in extremely turbulent waters. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Nord Stream Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the two leading theories about who was responsible, Russia or the US, and explains how these narratives developed, including the popular US theory involving the CIA, which knew about the plot. This gripping account exposes the human stories and moral complexities behind one of the most remarkable geopolitical mysteries of our time, one that redefined modern warfare. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781250410436, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003ePancevski, Bojan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBojan Pancevski\u003c\/b\u003e is the chief European political correspondent of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e, covering European and global affairs. 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