The Secret Servant

图书标准信息

• 作者 Daniel Silva 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2012-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780451224507
• 定价 73.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 500页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Hehasbeencalledhisgeneration'sfinestwriterofinternationalintrigue,oneofAmerica'smostgiftedspynovelistsever,andthesuccessortoGrahamGreeneandJohnleCarre.Butwithhisfollow-uptothe2006electrifyingnumberonebestsellerTheMessenger,DanielSilvahaswrittenhismostcompellingandentertainingnoveltodate.WhenlastweencounteredGabrielAllon,themasterartrestorerandsometimeofficerofIsraeliintelligence,hehadjustprevailedinhisblood-soakedduelwithSauditerroristfinancierZizial-Bakari.NowGabrielissummonedoncemorebyhismasterstoundertakewhatappearstobearoutineassignment:traveltoAmsterdamtopurgethearchivesofamurderedDutchterrorismanalystwhoalsohappenedtobeanassetofIsraeliintelligence.ButonceinAmsterdam,Gabrielsoondiscoversaconspiracyofterrorfesteringinthecity'sIslamicunderground,aplotthatisabouttoexplodeontheothersideoftheEnglishChannel,inthemiddleofLondon.ThetargetofthisplotisElizabethHalton,thedaughteroftheAmericanambassadortotheCourtofSt.James's,whoistobebrutallykidnapped.Gabrielarrivessecondstoolatetosaveher.Andbyrevealinghisfacetotheplot'smasterminds,hisfateissealedaswell.DrawnoncemoreintotheserviceofAmericanintelligence,Gabrielhurlshimselfintoadesperatesearchforthemissingwomanastheclocktickssteadilytowardthehourofherexecution.ItwilltakehimfromAmsterdamtoGermanytotheveryendofDenmark.ItwillthrusthimintoanunlikelyalliancewithamanwhohaslosteverythingbecauseofhisdevotiontoIslam.Itwillcausehimtoquestionthemoralityofthetacticsofhistrade.Anditmightverywellcosthimhislife.Filledwithbreathtakingdoubleandtripleturnsofplot,andafinalmind-bendingsequencethatwillleavereadersbreathless,TheSecretServantisnotonlyaworkofsupremeentertainment,butalsoanexplorationofsomeofthemostdauntingissuesofourtimes:thewaronterrorism,theweaponstheWestusestowageit,andthetimebombnowtickingintheheartofWesternEurope.

【作者简介】

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