The Defector

Gabriel Allon is trying to resume his honeymoon in the secluded hills of Umbria with his new wife, Chiara, when shocking news reaches him from London. The defector and former Russian intelligence officer, who saved Gabriel’s life, has vanished without a trace. Gabriel and his team find themselves in a deadly duel of nerve and wits with the murderous Russian oligarch and arms dealer Ivan Kharkov.

It will take Gabriel from London to the shores of Lake Como 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.