The Defector
- Published
- 1 January 2009
- Pages
- 470
- ISBN-13
- 9780399155680
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Defector (2009), 470 pages, is the ninth Gabriel Allon novel and, alongside Moscow Rules, one of the two entries the series notes recommend for readers wanting the modern tone and settled ensemble cast without starting at book one. It sits between Moscow Rules and The Rembrandt Affair.
Key facts about The Defector
Daniel Silva wrote The Defector, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 January 2009. The book has 470 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780399155680 to find the main one.
The Defector is book 9 of 26 in the Gabriel Allon series. The series has 26 published books. However, the series starts with The Kill Artist (2000). Ransom is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 14 July 2026.
That series sits on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Ransom is the latest published Daniel Silva book on file, from 14 July 2026.
About Daniel Silva
Daniel Silva is an American thriller writer and former journalist whose career gave him the research instincts that define his fiction. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1960, he worked for UPI as a Middle East correspondent in Cairo and the Persian Gulf before becoming an executive producer at CNN, where he met NBC/CNN correspondent Jamie Gangel while both were covering the region; they married in 1987. See every Daniel Silva book in order.
Its place in Gabriel Allon
The Defector is book 9 in the Gabriel Allon series. It follows Moscow Rules. It is followed by The Rembrandt Affair. See the full Gabriel Allon reading order.
Gabriel Allon is an Israeli intelligence officer and the finest art restorer of his generation, a man who spends his days coaxing Old Masters back to life and his other life eliminating threats to Israel and the West. Daniel Silva builds each novel around a real-world flashpoint — Palestinian terrorism, Russian disinformation, Vatican secrets, art-world forgery and theft, the war in Ukraine, the rise of the far right in Europe — and drops Allon into it as a reluctant, weary operator who would rather be restoring…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781469272122
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780399155680