The violent death of a journalist leads secret agent Gabriel Allon to Russia. But this is not the grim Moscow of Soviet times, but a new Moscow, awash in oil wealth and in thrall to a new generation of rich Stalinists plotting to challenge an old enemy: the United States. One such man is Ivan Kharkov, a former KGB colonel whose global empire is built on a lucrative and deadly business. Kharkov is an arms dealer - and he's about to sell Russia's most dangerous weapon to al-Qaeda. Unless Allon can learn the time and place of delivery, the world will suffer its deadliest terror attack since 9/11. The countdown to Armageddon has begun.
Author Biography
Daniel Silva is the New York Times number one bestseller and the author of eleven internationally acclaimed novels, most recently, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, The English Assassin, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant and Moscow Rules. He is published in more than twenty-five different languages. His next book, The Defector, is scheduled to be published July 2009. He lives in Washington DC, with his wife, NBC News Today correspondent Jamie Gangel, and their twins, Lily and Nicholas. www.danielsilvabooks.com
