The Defector

Publisher Marketing: Six months after the dramatic conclusion of "Moscow Rules," Gabriel has returned to the tan hills of Umbria to resume his honeymoon with his new wife, Chiara, and restore a seventeenth-century altarpiece for the Vatican. But his idyllic world is once again thrown into turmoil with shocking news from London. The defector and former Russian intelligence officer Grigori Bulganov, who saved Gabriel s life in Moscow, has vanished without a trace. British intelligence is sure he was a double agent all along, but Gabriel knows better. He also knows he made a promise."Do you know what we do with traitors, Gabriel? Many things have changed in Russia since the fall of Communism. But the punishment for betrayal remains the same. Promise me one thing, Gabriel. Promise me I won t end up in an unmarked grave."In the days to come, Gabriel and his team of operatives will find themselves in a deadly duel of nerve and wits with one of the world s most ruthless men: the murderous Russian oligarch and arms dealer Ivan Kharkov. It will take Gabriel from a quiet mews in London, to the shores of Lake Como, to the glittering streets of Geneva and Zurich, and, finally, to a heart-stopping climax in the snowbound birch forests of Russia. Faced with the prospect of losing the one thing he holds most dear, Gabriel will be tested in ways he never imagined possible. And his life will never be the same." Review Citations: Library Journal 11/15/2009 pg. 40 (EAN 9781423328070, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Audio File 12/01/2009 pg. 46 (EAN 9781423328063, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Audio File Best Mystery & Susp 12/01/2009 pg. 30 (EAN 9781423328124, Compact Disc) Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2009 pg. 54 (EAN 9780399155680, Hardcover) Booklist 06/01/2009 pg. 4 (EAN 9780399155680, Hardcover) Library Journal Annex 06/30/2009 (EAN 9780399155680, Hardcover) Bookpage 07/01/2009 (EAN 9780399155680, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Silva, Daniel Daniel Silva is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Moscow Rules and 10 other international bestselling spy novels. Best known for his Gabriel Allon series, his books are translated into more than 25 languages. Silva lives in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington DC with his wife, NBC Today National Correspondent Jamie Gangel and their twins Lily and Nicholas. Photo of the author: John Earle, photographerContributor Bio:  Gigante, Phil Phil Gigante is an APA Audie Award winner (The Dark Highlander, The Stainless Steel Rat, and The Watch That Ends the Night), and winner of over a dozen Audiofile Magazine Earphones Awards. He has narrated and directed more than 250 books, and was twice named a "Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense" by Audiofile Magazine. He has been named a Best Male Narrator in the categories of Romance, Science Fiction, Militaria, and Mystery/Suspense, as well as "Favorite Dual Narrator" (with Natalie Ross). Phil also works in film, TV and radio, and is the Producer/Director of Gigantic Productions theatre company. He makes his home in the Midwest.