If Mizrahi can get close enough to Saladin to expose him, Gabriel will end his field career by killing the terrorist before finally taking his much-anticipated promotion. However, things don’t exactly go according to plan. Comienza con un atentado terrorista que te deja sin palabras, en donde inocentes son acribillados sin piedad; marcando el inicio de una investigación entre agencias de inteligencia que se traduce en infiltraciones y persecuciones que te mantienen enganchado. Con este libro (el tercero de la serie que he leído) puedo entender porque Daniel Silva es el No. 1 en este género.

As a longtime fan of the series, I’m happy for Gabriel, but sad at the same time. I’m not yet ready to admit to myself that those days of him in the field are over with. However, if they are, Silva has begun setting things up for the future rather nicely. Can the Gabriel Allon series get any better? This may be the best book in the series to date. Daniel Silva's writing skills continue to grow. The story could be something straight out of the news headlines. Silva's prescience is uncanny. Once Silva accomplished his introduction, and we slipped into the middle half of the book, the gripping suspense began. My advice: if you read this book and find it slow at first, don't give up, read on. The middle part of this book was pure gold and comparisons to Le Carre are valid. The voice of the characters and the jeopardy he puts them in brought a level of suspense and tension that is up there with the best. This is a story that flows naturally, with an easy reading due to its small chapters and I must say it was my first reading of this highly successful author, but this book is the 16th in a series entitled "Gabriel Allon" and although Read very well as an independent reading, because the author knows how to contextualize everything, the truth is that I believe that there may be details and even relations with some characters that we would understand better if we had followed the series. El autor se encontraba escribiendo el manuscrito de este libro cuando ocurrieron los atentados perpetrados en París y Bruselas por el mismo grupo terrorista que aquí encontramos, ISIS. Y es triste, cuando como en este caso, la ficción juega una mala pasada, y salta de las páginas de un libro a hechos vividos en la vida real, y no al revés. Sin embargo, aplaudo la iniciativa del autor al mantener la línea original del libro, porque es verdaderamente adictivo.In the last few 'Gabriel Allon' books the Israeli agent has been preparing to take charge of his country's spy agency, 'The Office.'

But at the heart of these stories is Gabriel Allon, a man who has such a colorful history with the legendary Office but has sacrificed much in his personal life as a result. It is a compelling story, not only of the Jewish people as they strive to find a homeland, but of the struggle of Gabriel Allon to heal and pursue the values he holds important. All of this was brought out in a very sensitive way as he looked down at his two beautiful babies and knows that one day, they will ask him why. And his answer will be, "You exist in this place, you sleep peacefully in this land tonight, because of people like me." For what it’s worth, I think that Saladin is one of Silva’s best villains and a worthy foe for Gabriel Allon. I love the mystique around his true identity, which only adds to the overall suspense of the story. I enjoyed the first quarter of the book; thoroughly adored the second two quarters of the book; then found the last quarter didn't live up to the intelligence of the middle of the book.Daniel Silva is the master of spy thrillers and one of the best authors on the planet. To not read his books and call yourself a fan of the genre is nearly criminal. The ISIS headhunter arranges for Leila to take a month-long vacation in Greece. After a couple of days, however, Leila is spirited off to Syria - where she's interrogated by a top ISIS official. Apparently passing muster, Leila starts training to be an ISIS terrorist. Meanwhile, she keeps her eyes and ears open for information about Saladin. By the end I almost felt I knew how to be a spy myself (though I'd never in a million years have Natalie's courage).