The violent death of a journalist leads secret agent Gabriel Allon to Russia. But this is not the grim Moscow of Soviet times, but a new Moscow, awash in oil wealth and in thrall to a new generation of rich Stalinists plotting to challenge an old enemy: the United States.

One such man is Ivan Kharkov, a former KGB colonel whose global empire is built on a lucrative and deadly businessKharkov is an arms dealer - and he''s about to sell Russia''s most dangerous weapon to al-Qaeda. Unless Allon can learn the time and place of delivery, the world will suffer its deadliest terror attack since 9/11.

The countdown to Armageddon has begun . . .

Format Häftad Omfång 480 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Penguin Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2009-07-30 ISBN 9780141033877