Daniel Silva · 2019 · thriller
Daniel Silva's 2019 novel. A mysterious girl at an exclusive Swiss school proves to be the daughter of Saudi Arabia's crown prince - and when she is kidnapped, the desperate prince turns to his old adversary Gabriel Allon for help. The hunt for her carries Allon from Geneva across France to the Kingdom itself, and into a secret war with Moscow for the future of the Middle East.
- 1Geneva
At an elite private school above Geneva, a new girl arrives with the wardrobe and the bodyguards of royalty. She is Princess Reema, the only child of the Saudi crown prince - and one afternoon she is taken.
- 2France
The kidnappers seize her in a burst of violence in the French Alps and vanish, demanding a ransom no throne can pay: that Crown Prince Khalid renounce his claim to the crown of Saudi Arabia itself.
- 3Riyadh
Swallowing their long enmity, Gabriel Allon and the ruthless young prince become uneasy allies, and the search carries Allon into the Kingdom - into a palace world of oil, blood, and absolute, murderous power.
- 4Moscow
Behind the abduction stands the hand of Moscow, playing for control of Saudi Arabia and its oil, and Allon must turn the tables on the Kremlin to save a child's life and the balance of the Middle East.