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With art restorer Gabriel Allon at the center, Daniel Silva delivers a suspenseful narrative where a Russian power player, Viktor Orlov, falls victim to a nerve‑agent‑laden attack that forces the investigation into a network of covert agents. As British intelligence suspects an assassin from a hard‑line Moscow newspaper, Allon doubts their conclusions and follows a trail that leads from London to Amsterdam and ultimately to Geneva.
In Geneva, he confronts the Haydn Group—a clandestine intelligence unit operating under a childhood friend of Orlov—planning a violent act designed to destabilize the West. With the help of a young operative tied to an infamous banking institution, Allon must outmaneuver the group to prevent disaster and protect fragile democracies.
First publish date: 2021
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Daniel Silva
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