Gabriel Allon master art restorer & assassin returns in a spellbinding 1 New York Times bestselling novel Bruised & war-weary following his secret war to bring down a terrorist mastermind Gabriel Allon returns to his beloved Rome to restore a Caravaggio masterpiece. But early one morning Gabriel is summoned by his friend & occasional ally Monsignor Luigi Donati the all-powerful private secretary to the Pope. The broken body of a beautiful woman lies beneath Michelangelos magnificent dome. Donati fears a public inquiry will inflict more wounds on an already-damaged Church so he calls upon Gabriel to use his matchless talents & experience to quietly pursue the truth
- was it suicide or something more sinister? Gabriel discovers that the woman revealed a dangerous secret that threatens powers beyond the Vatican. & an old enemy plots revenge in the shadows an unthinkable act of sabotage that will plunge the world into a conflict of apocalyptic proportions. Once again Gabriel must return to the ranks of his old intelligence service-and place himself & those he holds dear on the razors edge of danger.