From Daniel Silva, the No.1 New York Times bestselling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love and betrayal.She was his best-kept secret. in an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old and a child taken from her in treasoní¢ ™s name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremliní¢ ™s most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the Westí¢ “ a mole who stands on the doorstep of ultimate power.Only one man can unravel the conspiracy: Gabriel Allon, the legendary art restorer and assassin who serves as the chief of Israelí¢ ™s vaunted secret intelligence service. Gabriel has battled the dark forces of the new Russia before, at great personal cost. Now he and the Russians will engage in a final epic showdown, with the fate of the post-war global order hanging in the balance.