copyright 2006; autographed by Daniel Silva; G.P. Putnam's Sons publishers, New York; hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good.
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The Messenger is a spy novel by Daniel Silva. It spent six weeks as a New York Times Bestseller and was the winner of 2007 Barry Award for Best Thriller.
When the laptop of a terrorist mastermind falls into the possession of the Office, Gabriel Allon suspects an imminent attack upon the Pope. He warns his friend Luigi Donati, the Pope’s personal secretary, in time to tighten security and personally investigate likely terrorist suspects among the Vatican’s staff. However, the Pope ignores Gabriel’s suggestion that a large outdoor ceremony be moved into an enclosed—and more secure—structure. That disregard proves fatal when three suicide bombers cause more than 700 deaths among worshipers. Gabriel rescues the Pope just as more terrorists arrive to shoot missiles at the Basilica. As the Vatican later researches the disaster, it discovers that its council for improving relations with the Muslim world was little more than a front for inside terrorism.
When the Office places the blame on a powerful terrorist network, terrorists respond...