Ngubani onokuyicinga? Ngokwakhe UDaniel Silva, Umxube wabandulelayo kwi-Yankee espionage genre (ubuhle be UPatricia Highsmith kunye nokuqina kwe URobert Ludlum), uye wema kwaye wadla kwindawo yaseSpain ukuba ahambe kunye neveli yakhe yamazwe ngamazwe amnandi.
Ukusuka ekuphumleni ngoxolo eCádiz sifumanisa enye yezo ndawo apho ixesha elidlulileyo labadlali abaphambili baphela bebuyela ukulungisa amanqaku amadala. Kungenxa yokuba kanye ngaphakathi kwendawo enodaka yobuntlola bamanye amazwe, awusoze ukhululeke ngokupheleleyo, nokuba useCádiz okanye naseTimbuktu.
Kodwa kwimeko ye-protagonist eyindumasi eyonwabela ubomi bayo obumnandi bokuzonwabisa kumazantsi eSpain, uphethe ngokukhankanya elidlulileyo ngaphandle kokulinganisa iziphumo (okanye ukubanqwenela ngokuchanekileyo ngesizathu esithile esisindayo kwasekuqaleni).
I-biografi yeli nenekazi, isiFrentshi ukuyithetha kancinci, yaziswa kwixesha elidlulileyo apho wayejamelene nentlekele yakhe ngento elula yokuthandana nomnye waba bafana bahamba ngentambo, umhlola owayefudula ebufundisi ukuya ebufundisini nokuba washukunyiswa sisithandwa sakhe, ukuya kwinqanaba lokukhulelwa unyana ekugqibeleni athathwe.
Akumangalisi ke ngoko ukuba lo mfazi afune ukuziphindezela ngeziganeko ezithi nanamhlanje zibambe ubuthongo bakhe kunye nesisombululo sakhe afuna ukubeka okokugqibela ebomini bakhe.
Uyazi ukuba into ayibhalayo iyakudibanisa iSoviet Union eyaziyo ukungena ngaphakathi kunempimpi eyimfihlelo ebalulekileyo yeprojekthi yexesha elide apho, ukuba impimpi iphela ithembela kwiintshaba zelizwe laseRussia, iindlalifa zeKGB zinokuphelisa ukoyisa umhlaba ngeyona ndlela ithuleyo.
Ubungqina bomfazi ongaqondakaliyo bufikelela kuGabriel Allon, umlinganiswa osele engumfuziselo kaSilva, ngasemva kwakhe isithunzi seMossad sihlala sihleli. Umsebenzi kaGabriel uza kugxila ekutyhilweni komntu ongenayo ovela kwelona lizwe limnyama eRashiya osondela esiphelweni somsebenzi wakhe. Yonke into eyayilindelwe kuye izalisekisiwe kwaye ngoku linyathelo elinye ukusuka ekunqobeni umhlaba ...
Ibali elidibanisa iintsuku ezinomdla (ubuncinci emgama), zeMfazwe ebandayo, kunye neentsuku ezithile zangoku ezalatha kubobunye ubudlelwane obunomkhenkce beenjongo ezimnyama kunye nezinto ezimbi kumacala omabini ehlabathi.
Ungayithenga inoveli Omnye uMfazi, incwadi entsha kaDaniel Silva, apha: