Moscow Rules

The Extraordinary New Gabriel Allon Novel From The &Ldquo;Gold Standard&Rdquo; (The Dallas Morning News) Of Thriller Writers. Now The Death Of A Journalist Leads Allon To Russia, Where He Finds That, In Terms Of Spycraft, Even He Has Something To Learn. He&Rsquo;S Playing By Moscow Rules Now. This Is Not The Grim, Gray Moscow Of Soviet Times But A New Moscow, Awash In Oil Wealth And Choked With Bulletproof Bentleys. A Moscow Where Power Resides Once More Behind The Walls Of The Kremlin And Where Critics Of The Ruling Class Are Ruthlessly Silenced. A Moscow Where A New Generation Of Stalinists Is Plotting To Reclaim An Empire Lost And To Challenge The Global Dominance Of Its Old Enemy, The United States. One Such Man Is Ivan Kharkov, A Former Kgb Colonel Who Built A Global Investment Empire On The Rubble Of The Soviet Union. Hidden Within That Empire, However, Is A More Lucrative And Deadly Business: Kharkov Is An Arms Dealer&Mdash;And He Is About To Deliver Russia&Rsquo;S Most Sophisticated Weapons To Al- Qaeda. Unless Allon Can Learn The Time And Place Of The Delivery, The World Will See The Deadliest Terror Attacks Since 9/11&Mdash;And The Clock Is Ticking Fast. Filled With Rich Prose And Breathtaking Turns Of Plot, Moscow Rules Is At Once Superior Entertainment And A Searing Cautionary Tale About The New Threats Rising To The East&Mdash;And Silva&Rsquo;S Finest Novel Yet.