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Gabriel Allon took down the world's most dangerous man. 
He made just one mistake. Leaving him alive . . . 
 
Spy turned art restorer Gabriel Allon is in Umbria, when shocking news arrives from London. A Russian defector who saved his life has vanished without a trace. British Intelligence suspect he was a double agent, but Allon knows better. Soon he finds himself in a deadly duel of wits with a murderous Russian arms dealer as he bargains for his friend's life. 
 
Criss-crossing Europe at breakneck pace and culminating in a heart-stopping climax in the freezing birch forests of Russia, The Defector is a searing and bloody tale of courage and vengeance . . .

Gabriel Allon brought down the most dangerous man in the world. But he made one mistake. Leaving him alive . . . 
 
'Kept me on the edge of my seat until the last page' 5***** Reader Review 
'A heart-stopping thriller which you can't put down until you're finished' 5***** Reader Review 
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Spy turned art restorer Gabriel Allon is trying to resume his honeymoon in the secluded hills of Umbria with his new wife, Chiara, when shocking news reaches him from London. 
 
The defector and former Russian intelligence officer, who saved Gabriel's life in Moscow Rules, has vanished without a trace. British intelligence suspect the defector was always a double agent, but Gabriel is convinced otherwise. 
 
Gabriel and his team 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. 
 
It will take Gabriel 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. 
 
Faced with the prospect of losing the one thing he holds most dear, Gabriel will be tested in ways he never imagined possible. 
 
And his life will never be the same . . . 
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'Will make your eyes open wide with shock. No matter how late you stay up to finish the book, you'll be wide awake when you do' 5***** Reader Review

Daniel Silva is the bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Price of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant,Moscow Rules and The Defector. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, NBC News Today correspondent Jamie Gangel, and their two children, Lily and Nicholas.

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