High Anxiety

David Ignatius’ latest thriller is a tour de space force, spies and satellite warfare

Spoiler Alert: The new spy thriller by David Ignatius has arrived just in time for beach season, and that’s good. But Phantom Orbit is not a “rollicking rollercoaster of  international mayhem,” as so many breathless blurbs once described spy thrillers. This is a sober and engaging tale of both human drama and emerging technological threats, fitting neat…