{"product_id":"the-cellist-9780062834973","title":"The Cellist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1\u003cem\u003e New York Times \u003c\/em\u003eBestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The pace of \"The Cel-list\" never slack-ens as its ac-tion vol-leys from Zurich to Tel Aviv to Paris and be-yond. Mr. Silva tells his story with zest, wit and su-perb tim-ing, and he en-gi-neers enough sur-prises to star-tle even the most at-ten-tive reader.\"--\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Daniel Silva, the internationally acclaimed #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author, comes a timely and explosive new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViktor Orlov had a longstanding appointment with death. Once Russia's richest man, he now resides in splendid exile in London, where he has waged a tireless crusade against the authoritarian kleptocrats who have seized control of the Kremlin. His mansion in Chelsea's exclusive Cheyne Walk is one of the most heavily protected private dwellings in London. Yet somehow, on a rainy summer evening, in the midst of a global pandemic, Russia's vengeful president finally manages to cross Orlov's name off his kill list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBefore him was the receiver from his landline telephone, a half-drunk glass of red wine, and a stack of documents....\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe documents are contaminated with a deadly nerve agent. The Metropolitan Police determine that they were delivered to Orlov's home by one of his employees, a prominent investigative reporter from the anti-Kremlin\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoskovskaya Gazeta\u003c\/em\u003e. And when the reporter slips from London hours after the killing, MI6 concludes she is a Moscow Center assassin who has cunningly penetrated Orlov's formidable defenses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Gabriel Allon, who owes his very life to Viktor Orlov, believes his friends in British intelligence are dangerously mistaken. His desperate search for the truth will take him from London to Amsterdam and eventually to Geneva, where a private intelligence service controlled by a childhood friend of the Russian president is using KGB-style \"active measures\" to undermine the West from within. Known as the Haydn Group, the unit is plotting an unspeakable act of violence that will plunge an already divided America into chaos and leave Russia unchallenged. Only Gabriel Allon, with the help of a brilliant young woman employed by the world's dirtiest bank, can stop it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElegant and sophisticated, provocative and daring, \u003cem\u003eThe Cellist\u003c\/em\u003e explores one of the preeminent threats facing the West today--the corrupting influence of dirty money wielded by a revanchist and reckless Russia. It is at once a novel of hope and a stark warning about the fragile state of democracy. And it proves once again why Daniel Silva is regarded as his generation's finest writer of suspense and international intrigue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilva, Daniel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Silva\u003c\/strong\u003e is the award-winning, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, The Rembrandt Affair, Portrait of a Spy, The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Heist, The English Spy, The Black Widow, House of Spies, The Other Woman, The New Girl, The Order, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Collector, A Death in Cornwall, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAn Inside Job.\u003c\/em\u003e He is best known for his long-running thriller series starring spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon. Silva's books are critically acclaimed bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than thirty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615630299410,"sku":"9780062834973","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_669ec792-73f9-4229-b301-5e20dc514274.jpg?v=1766485831","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cellist-9780062834973","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}