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 ‘One of the most significant and riveting journalistic scoops of the twenty-first century... an absolute page-turner‘ Richard Kerbaj, author of The Secret History of The Five Eyes In 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.