Gabriel Allon series book 11

abriel Allon has been hailed as the most compelling creation since
'Ian Fleming put down his martini and invented James Bond' (Rocky
Mountain News). A man with a deep appreciation for all that is
beautiful, Gabriel is also an angel of vengeance, an international
operative who will stop at nothing to see justice done. Sometimes
he must journey far in search of evil. And sometimes evil comes
to him.

In a dangerous world, one extraordinary woman can mean the
difference between life and death...

For Gabriel and his wife, Chiara, it was supposed to be the start
of a pleasant weekend in London - a visit to a gallery in St. James's
to authenticate a newly discovered painting by Titian, followed by
a quiet lunch. But a pair of deadly bombings in Paris and Copenhagen
has already marred this autumn day. And while walking toward Covent
Garden, Gabriel notices a man he believes is about to carry out
a third attack. Before Gabriel can draw his weapon, he is knocked
to the pavement and can only watch as the nightmare unfolds.

Haunted by his failure to stop the massacre of innocents, Gabriel
returns to his isolated cottage on the cliffs of Cornwall, until
a summons brings him to Washington and he is drawn into
a confrontation with the new face of global terror. At the center
of the threat is an American-born cleric in Yemen to whom Allah
has granted 'a beautiful and seductive tongue.' A gifted deceiver,
who was once a paid CIA asset, the mastermind is plotting a new
wave of attacks.

Gabriel and his team devise a daring plan to destroy the network
of death from the inside, a gambit fraught with risk, both personal
and professional. To succeed, Gabriel must reach into his violent
past. A woman waits there - a reclusive heiress and art collector
who can traverse the murky divide between Islam and the West.
She is the daughter of an old enemy, a woman joined to Gabriel by
a trail of blood...

Set against the disparate worlds of art and intelligence, Portrait
of a Spy moves swiftly from the corridors of power in Washington
to the glamorous auction houses of New York and London to the
unforgiving landscape of the Saudi desert. Featuring a climax that
will leave readers haunted long after they turn the final page,
this deeply entertaining story is also a breathtaking portrait of
courage in the face of unspeakable evil - and Daniel Silva's most
extraordinary novel to date.

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