![]() His characters are confronting an Islamic State that is redefining itself as a virtual entity as it loses physical territory. As usual, Silva has crafted a story that feels ripped from the headlines-possibly tomorrow’s headlines. And they discover the Islamic State has plans that go beyond suicide bombers and vehicular homicide. They enlist the grudging assistance of a glamorous French entrepreneur (who is in reality a drug smuggler) and his partner, a beautiful onetime model. As they track the man known only as Saladin, Allon and his team travel from Britain to Saint-Tropez and Morocco. All it takes is a terrorist attack on London’s West End-and a whisper that Allon’s current nemesis was the mastermind behind it-to get this storied spy out from behind his desk and back into the thick of it. ![]() By the end of Black Widow (2016), spy Gabriel Allon had finally agreed to become chief of Israel’s intelligence services. ![]()
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