Just a note to say that "The Tehran Conviction" – third in the Jack Teller series – will be out on June 9.

Here's what the book jacket says:

Tehran 1953. Jack Teller, a new recruit to the recently established Central Intelligence Agency, finds himself in Iran, posing as a high-level American oil executive as part of operation Ajax, the agency’s first ever attempt to overthrow the government of a sovereign nation. Torn between loyalty to his country’s policies and sympathy for the hopes of a fledgling democracy, Jack must ultimately pick which side he will betray. It is a decision that will affect the future of the Middle East and, eventually, the world.

Twenty-six years later, in 1979, Jack returns to a very different Iran. The country is in the grip of a religious revolution, and the streets of the capital city are filled with daily rantings against “The Great Satan.” Jack’s attempt to save one man from Islamic “justice” -- a man who he had, at one time, called a friend -- leads him into the heart of an emerging struggle between the West and a new and dangerous ideology.

Divided between his loyalty to his country’s policies and sympathy for the hopes of a fledgling democracy, a young Jack Teller made a fateful choice that would reverberate for decades. In The Tehran Conviction Tom Gabbay masterfully interweaves politics and suspense in a searing tale of espionage and betrayal that reveals the unexpected costs our decisions hold for ourselves--and for history.