The Nord Stream Conspiracy

'It reads like a bestselling thriller'Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander'A classic... One hell of a story'Fiona Hill, former intelligence official and Russia advisor to President Trump'An absolutely extraordinary book... [it has] the page-turning propulsion of a first-rate thriller'Scott Anderson, author of the New York Times bestseller King of KingsIn September 2022, Scandinavian seismologists detected what seemed to be a huge undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption. These signals were caused by several devastating explosions that destroyed Nord Stream, the $20 billion pipeline carrying cheap Russian gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea. The mysterious blasts shifted global geopolitics, disrupted European economies and triggered a manhunt that strained relations within the NATO alliance. Despite capturing the imagination of millions, the mystery of who blew up the pipeline has so far gone unsolved – was it the CIA? Was it part of the shadow war between Russia and the West? Could Putin himself have been behind it? Drawing on years of first-hand reporting and exclusive access to key players – including the saboteurs, the investigators and high-level intelligence – this deeply reported non-fiction thriller by an award-winning Wall Street Journal correspondent reveals the true story behind one of the most remarkable geopolitical mysteries of our time.