So when the former Russian intelligence officer vanishes, Allon gathers his team of operatives to go after those responsible. Grigori Bulganov once saved Gabriel Allon's life in Moscow-and Allon always repays his debts. Now he must outsmart him once and for all in this #1 New York Times bestseller from Daniel Silva. MediaType eBook shortDescription In Moscow Rules Gabriel Allon went up against the sadisitc Ivan Kharkov.

IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages And it is Daniel Silva’s finest novel yet.OverDrive Product Record readingOrder 9 images It is a searing tale of love, vengeance and courage created by the writer whom the critics call “the perfect guide to the dangerous forces shaping our world” ( Orlando Sentinel). And his life will never be the same.įilled with breathtaking turns of plot and sophisticated prose, and populated by a remarkable cast of characters, The Defector is more than the most explosive thriller of the year. Faced with the prospect of losing the one thing he holds most dear, Gabriel will be tested in ways he never imagined possible. It will take him from a quiet mews in London, to the shores of Lake Como, to the glittering streets of Geneva and Zurich, and, finally, to a heart-stopping climax in the snowbound birch forests of Russia. In the days to come, Gabriel and his team of operatives will find themselves in a deadly duel of nerve and wits with one of the world’s most ruthless men: the murderous Russian oligarch and arms dealer Ivan Kharkov. British intelligence is sure he was a double agent all along, but Gabriel knows better. The defector and former Russian intelligence officer Grigori Bulganov, who saved Gabriel’s life in Moscow, has vanished without a trace. But his idyllic world is once again thrown into turmoil with shocking news from London. Six months after the dramatic conclusion of Moscow Rules, Gabriel has returned to the tan hills of Umbria to resume his honeymoon with his new wife, Chiara, and restore a seventeenth-century altarpiece for the Vatican. Now Silva takes that fiction-and his hero, the enigmatic art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon-to a whole new level, delivering a riveting tale of vengeance that entertains as well as enlightens. Over the course of a brilliant career, Daniel Silva has established himself as the “gold standard” of thriller writers ( Dallas Morning News), a “master writer of espionage and intrigue” ( The Cincinnati Enquirer), and the creator of “some of the most exciting spy fiction since Ian Fleming put down his martini and invented James Bond” ( Rocky Mountain News). In the #1 New York Times bestseller Moscow Rules, Gabriel Allon brought down the most dangerous man in the world.

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