The Defector

Daniel Silva

Jul 2009 · Gabriel Allon Book 9 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

In Moscow Rules Gabriel Allon went up against the sadisitc Ivan Kharkov. Now he must outsmart him once and for all in this #1 New York Times bestseller from Daniel Silva.

Grigori Bulganov once saved Gabriel Allon's life in Moscow—and Allon always repays his debts. So when the former Russian intelligence officer vanishes, Allon gathers his team of operatives to go after those responsible. But, in a running battle that rages across the globe, Allon soon realizes that his enemy may already hold the key to victory. And that if he continues, it will cost him more than he can bear...

Ratings and reviews

Plot movement and world/character development should have been a couple additional chapters merged to end of the previous novel - there's not enough content here to warrant a standalone book. Feels like an outright cash grab by publishers.

Silva is one of my favorite authors. I have been following Gabriel Allon series from the start. Keeps you up at night, Hard to put book down.

Each Silva story I read seems better than the last, but they are all truly wonderful. No one develops characters better, and weaves thew into captivating dramas. Silva is absolutely one of my favorites.

About the author

Daniel Silva is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, and the Gabriel Allon series, including The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, The Rembrandt Affair, Portrait of a Spy, The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Heist, The English Spy, The Black Widow, and House of Spies. His books are published in more than thirty countries and are bestsellers around the world.