The Defector

 Título: The Defector

Autor: Daniel Silva

Editora:  Penguin Group

Demorou cerca de duas semanas, mas acabei. Devo ter atingido algum record porque foi um dos que mais me custou a ler. Não sei se foi pela minha falta de paciência, se foi por não ter lido o anterior (descobri na feira do livro que afinal este era a continuação do Moscow Rules),...Um esipão que vive em Itália com a sua mulher e que restaura obras de arte para o Vaticano. Parece giro?A verdade é que as primeiras páginas custaram-me a mastigar mas depois o autor conseguiu manter a minha atenção. Mas foi sol de pouca dura porque eu andava nesta constante montanha russa (trocadilho giro agora que penso nisso) onde eu oscilava entre o entusiasmo e o aborrecimento total.No geral a história é gira mas acho que não entrei bem com o estilo do autor. Não sei se vou comprar outro livro dele, talvez um dia...

Sinopse:Six months after the dramatic conclusion of Moscow Rules, Gabriel has returned to the tan hills of Umbria to resume his honeymoon with his new wife, Chiara, and restore a seventeenth-century altarpiece for the Vatican. But his idyllic world is once again thrown into turmoil with shocking news from London. The defector and former Russian intelligence officer Grigori Bulganov, who saved Gabriel’s life in Moscow, has vanished without a trace. British intelligence is sure he was a double agent all along, but Gabriel knows better. He also knows he made a promise.In the days to come, Gabriel and his team of operatives will find themselves in a deadly duel of nerve and wits with one of the world’s most ruthless men: the murderous Russian oligarch and arms dealer Ivan Kharkov. It will take him from a quiet mews in London, to the shores of Lake Como, to the glittering streets of Geneva and Zurich, 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.Filled with breathtaking turns of plot and sophisticated prose, and populated by a remarkable cast of characters, The Defector is more than the most explosive thriller of the year. It is a searing tale of love, vengeance and courage created by the writer whom the critics call “the perfect guide to the dangerous forces shaping our world” (Orlando Sentinel). And it is Daniel Silva’s finest novel yet.