Daniel Silva · 2009 · thriller
Daniel Silva's 2009 novel. Gabriel Allon's honeymoon in the Umbrian hills is shattered when Grigori Bulganov, the Russian defector who once saved his life, vanishes from London. Certain the oligarch Ivan Kharkov is behind it, Allon gives chase - and when his own wife Chiara is seized in revenge, he must go into the heart of Moscow itself to bring her home.
- 1Umbria
Gabriel and his new wife Chiara are resuming their interrupted honeymoon in the green hills of Umbria, and Gabriel is quietly restoring a painting for the Vatican, when word comes that shatters the fragile peace.
- 2London
Grigori Bulganov, the Russian defector who saved Gabriel's life, has vanished from his new home in London. Convinced the arms dealer Ivan Kharkov has taken him in revenge, Allon throws himself into the hunt.
- 3Moscow
When Kharkov strikes back by kidnapping Chiara, the chase turns savage and personal, and Allon must call on Israeli, American, British and even Russian power to go into Moscow itself and bring his wife home alive.