by Daniel Silva
Part of Gabriel Allon, book 18
First published 2018
Gabriel Allon receives devastating news when his key Russian intelligence asset dies violently during a defection attempt in Vienna. The art restorer turned spymaster must now pursue a decades-old conspiracy that reaches into the highest levels of Western government. His investigation leads him to an isolated Andalusian village where a mysterious French woman writes a dangerous memoir about her past in Beirut and a child stolen from her. She guards the Kremlin's most protected secret: the identity of a KGB mole planted deep within Western power structures. Gabriel traces the conspiracy back through decades of Cold War treachery, following a trail that spans from the mountains of Spain to the banks of the Potomac River. As chief of Israeli intelligence, he has fought Russian operatives before and paid a personal price. Now he faces his most challenging adversary yet, with the global balance of power at stake. The hunt forces Gabriel to confront not just enemy agents but the weight of past betrayals that continue to shape the present.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, thriller, espionage
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, government-corruption, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Andalusia, Beirut, Potomac River, Vienna
Period: Cold War
496 pages · Hardcover · Harper Collins
Content warnings: violence