On the trail of a deadly al-Qaeda operative, Gabriel Allon returns in a spellbinding story of deception, power, and revenge by the #1 New York Times bestselling "world-class practitioner of spy fiction" (Washington Post).
Gabriel Allonart restorer and spyis about to face the greatest challenge of his life. An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computerphotographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning one of its most audacious attacks ever, aimed straight at the heart of the Vatican.
Allon and his colleagues soon find themselves in a deadly duel of wits against one of the most dangerous men in the worlda hunt that will take them across Europe to the Caribbean and back. But for them, there may not be enough of anything: enough time, enough facts, enough luck.
All Allon can do is set his trapand hope that he is not the one caught in it.
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The Messengers blood-spattered, true-to-life backdrop pumps up this thrill ride of a story, but its underlying messages about fundamentalism, revenge, oil dependency and cultural differences are what will keep you awake at night.USA Today
Exhibits Silvas usual intelligence, style and research...Silva uncorks another, even more dramatic climax.The Washington Post Book World
The enigmatic Gabriel Allon remains one of the most intriguing heroes of any thriller series, a wonderfully nuanced, endlessly fascinating creationEntertaining and well written.*The Philadelphia Inquirer *
Silva [is] the modern-day Robert Ludlum, and his lead character Gabriel Allon should remind readers of Jason Bourne (without the amnesia, of course).*Florida Times-Union *
Gripping detailsSilva maintains tension and suspense with a story that travels all over the world.The Denver Post
So entertaining a spider web of a plot.The Baltimore Sun