#1NewYorkTimesBestseller“Thepaceof“TheCel-list“neverslack-ensasitsac-tionvol-leysfromZurichtoTelAvivtoParisandbe-yond.Mr.Silvatellshisstorywithzest,witandsu-perbtim-ing,andheen-gi-neersenoughsur-prisestostar-tleeventhemostat-ten-tivereader.“--WallStreetJournalFromDanielSilva,theinternationallyacclaimed#1NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthor,comesatimelyandexplosivenewthrillerfeaturingartrestorerandlegendaryspyGabrielAllon.ViktorOrlovhadalongstandingappointmentwithdeath.OnceRussia’srichestman,henowresidesinsplendidexileinLondon,wherehehaswagedatirelesscrusadeagainsttheauthoritariankleptocratswhohaveseizedcontroloftheKremlin.HismansioninChelsea’sexclusiveCheyneWalkisoneofthemostheavilyprotectedprivatedwellingsinLondon.Yetsomehow,onarainysummerevening,inthemidstofaglobalpandemic,Russia’svengefulpresidentfinallymanagestocrossOrlov’snameoffhiskilllist.Beforehimwasthereceiverfromhislandlinetelephone,ahalf-drunkglassofredwine,andastackofdocuments....Thedocumentsarecontaminatedwithadeadlynerveagent.TheMetropolitanPolicedeterminethattheyweredeliveredtoOrlov’shomebyoneofhisemployees,aprominentinvestigativereporterfromtheanti-KremlinMoskovskayaGazeta.AndwhenthereporterslipsfromLondonhoursafterthekilling,MI6concludessheisaMoscowCenterassassinwhohascunninglypenetratedOrlov’sformidabledefenses.ButGabrielAllon,whooweshisverylifetoViktorOrlov,believeshisfriendsinBritishintelligencearedangerouslymistaken.HisdesperatesearchforthetruthwilltakehimfromLondontoAmsterdamandeventuallytoGeneva,whereaprivateintelligenceservicecontrolledbyachildhoodfriendoftheRussianpresidentisusingKGB-style“activemeasures“tounderminetheWestfromwithin.KnownastheHaydnGroup,theunitisplottinganunspeakableactofviolencethatwillplungeanalreadydividedAmericaintochaosandleaveRussiaunchallenged.OnlyGabrielAllon,withthehelpofabrilliantyoungwomanemployedbytheworld’sdirtiestbank,canstopit.Elegantandsophisticated,provocativeanddaring,TheCellistexploresoneofthepreeminentthreatsfacingtheWesttoday--thecorruptinginfluenceofdirtymoneywieldedbyarevanchistandrecklessRussia.Itisatonceanovelofhopeandastarkwarningaboutthefragilestateofdemocracy.AnditprovesonceagainwhyDanielSilvaisregardedashisgeneration’sfinestwriterofsuspenseandinternationalintrigue.
