Ukubuya kuka-Agent uGabriel Allon uhlala kwindawo yakhe esekwe njengempimpi enkulu, isiqingatha sikaJames Bond, isiqingatha sikaJason Bourne. Kwaye kukuba ukulunga kukaGabriel kugcina isimilo phakathi kweBond entle kunye nemfihlakalo kwangaxeshanye ukuba amatyala akhe angene engcwabeni leengxwabangxwaba zamazwe aphesheya ezikufutshane noJason Bourne uhlala emngxunyeni.
Ngapha koko, le yesibini inokuba yinto yendalo yesibini, kodwa kwimeko kaGabriel ukulunga kwakhe kukugcina ulungelelwaniso phakathi kwezi ngcinga zimbini ze-Machiavellian superagents.
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, iindaba zamanye amazwe zihlala zisoyika ngokufihlakeleyo ebusweni besoyikiso se-ISIS. Kwaye le noveli, ngokuchanekileyo, inoxanduva lokukhohlisa ezona meedos zethu zenyani ngesindululo soxinzelelo oluphezulu.
Intloko kwiphiramidi ye-ISIS ithiwa yi-Saladino. Kwaye ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo uhlaselo olubi olugungqisa i-West End yaseLondon luthwala isitampu sakhe.
Kwaye ngokuchanekileyo ngenxa yalonto, ngenxa yesitywina esingenakuphazanyiswa, uGabriel Allon uya kuba nakho ukubambelela kumsonto ukutsala ukuze usondele eSaladino. Ukuzingela kwakhe kunye nokubamba kuthathe inkangeleko yobuqu kuGabriel onecala elimnyama elinethemba lokuphindezela ngenkohlakalo.
Ukusuka eLondon ukuya emazantsi eFrance ... Ngoku uGabriel sele eyazi ukuba ukuze ahlasele emva kokubetha kwiindawo ezifanelekileyo zentshaba yakhe yasentshona, ufuna uncedo oluthile.
Kuba kubafana abangcolileyo, imali igwebela yonke into, okanye mandithi, igubungela yonke into. Kwindlu entle yaseFrance uGabriel udibana noJean-Luc Martel, injongo yakhe kukudibana noSaladino. Kuphela kufuneka isetyenziswe kakuhle ukunxibelelanisa umthengisi weziyobisi uMartel kunye noMartel okwazi ukuthengisa umphefumlo wakhe kumtyholi, esongela yonke impucuko yaseNtshona xa isiza ekwenzeni imali ...
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Indlu yokuhlola, Incwadi entsha kaDaniel Silva, apha: