The Messenger

Author: Daniel Silva

Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, is about to face the greatest challenge of his life.

An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer – photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning one of its most audacious attacks ever, straight at the heart of the Vatican.

Allon warns the Pope's private secretary, his old friend Monsignor Luigi Donati, and rushes to Rome to assist in the security. But what neither he nor Donati knows is that the Vatican has been thoroughly penetrated. An extraordinary enemy walks among them … and he's just getting started.

In the days and weeks to come, Allon and his colleagues will find themselves in a deadly duel of wits against one of the most dangerous men in the world – a hunt that will take them across Europe to the Caribbean and back again. But for them, there may simply not be enough of anything: enough time, enough facts, enough luck. 

All Allon can do is set his trap – and hope that he himself is not the one caught in it. 

Filled with remarkable characters and breathtaking double and triple turns of plot, The Messenger confirms Silva's reputation as his generation's finest writer of international thrillers.

Also by Daniel Silva

Book Cover: The Rembrandt Affair
By Daniel Silva

'SEXILY BROODING ALLON . . . MUST BE THE MOST FAMOUS SUPERSPY NOT PLAYED BY DANIEL CRAIG'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

TWO FAMILIES, ONE SECRET, AND A PAINTING TO KILL FOR . . .


'SEXILY BROODING ALLON . . . MUST BE THE MOST FAMOUS SUPERSPY NOT PLAYED BY DANIEL CRAIG'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

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Published: 03/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141042770
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The Rembrandt Affair
Gabriel Allon returns in a spellbinding new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.
Gabriel Allon returns in a spellbinding new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.
Published: 02/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718155292
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover: The Defector

THE NEW EXPLOSIVE THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER MOSCOW RULES

Gabriel Allon brought down the most dangerous man in the world.  But he made one mistake.  Leaving him alive . . .



THE NEW EXPLOSIVE THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER MOSCOW RULES

Gabriel Allon brought down the most dangerous man in the world.  But he made one mistake. ...

Published: 03/08/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718155278
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  Prince of Fire
By Daniel Silva

On a bright morning in Rome, a terrible explosion rips a hole in the Israeli embassy.  Moments later, four gunmen cut down survivors as they stagger from the burning building. Gabriel Allon is hastily recalled to Israel and drawn once more into the heart of the secret service he'd hoped to leave behind. For the blast has led to a disturbing revelation: a dossier that strips away Allon's secrets...

On a bright morning in Rome, a terrible explosion rips a hole in the Israeli embassy.  Moments later, four gunmen cut down survivors as they stagger from the burning building. Gabriel Allon is hastily...

Published: 02/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241950302
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Confessor
By Daniel Silva

Art restorer and former secret agent Gabriel Allon hasn't been back to Vienna since a terrorist bomb tore his family apart. But when an old friend is almost killed there in an explosion at the Wartime Claims and Inquiry Office, Allon is compelled to investigate.

Art restorer and former secret agent Gabriel Allon hasn't been back to Vienna since a terrorist bomb tore his family apart. But when an old friend is almost killed there in an explosion at the Wartime...

Published: 02/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241950319
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: A Death in Vienna
By Daniel Silva

Art restorer and former secret agent Gabriel Allon hasn't been back to Vienna since a terrorist bomb tore his family apart. But when an old friend is almost killed there in an explosion at the Wartime Claims and Inquiry Office, Allon is compelled to investigate.

Art restorer and former secret agent Gabriel Allon hasn't been back to Vienna since a terrorist bomb tore his family apart. But when an old friend is almost killed there in an explosion at the Wartime...

Published: 02/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241950326
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Defector

Gabriel Allon took down the world's most dangerous man.
He made just one mistake. Leaving him alive . . .

Spy turned art restorer Gabriel Allon is in Umbria, when shocking news arrives from London. A Russian defector who saved his life has vanished without a trace. British Intelligence suspect he was a double agent, but Allon knows better. Soon he finds himself in a deadly duel of wits with a murderous...

Gabriel Allon took down the world's most dangerous man.
He made just one mistake. Leaving him alive . . .

Spy turned art restorer Gabriel Allon is in Umbria, when shocking news arrives from London. A Russian...

Published: 28/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141042763
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Secret Servant
By Daniel Silva

In Amsterdam, an Israeli terrorist analyst is murdered. The police believe the killer is a deranged Muslim extremist, but Israeli intelligence knows better. Art-restorer, assassin and spy Gabriel Allon is dispatched to investigate, uncovering a major terrorist operation in London.

In Amsterdam, an Israeli terrorist analyst is murdered. The police believe the killer is a deranged Muslim extremist, but Israeli intelligence knows better. Art-restorer, assassin and spy Gabriel Allon...

Published: 25/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141031385
RRP: $24.95
Published:25/06/2010
Format:Paperback, 446 pages
RRP:$24.95
ISBN-13:9780141026718
ISBN-10:0141026715
Publisher:Penguin UK

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