The protagonist of Ransom is Gabriel Allon, an art restorer who’s also a legendary spy.
What drives him:
- He feels compelled to help when Edward Knight, a British billionaire, asks him to find his missing wife, Alice Winter — a case that starts as a seemingly simple rescue but quickly unearths betrayal and corruption.
- What pulls him back deep into the spy world again is not only the mystery of Alice’s disappearance and what secrets she might be hiding, but also the danger posed by Edward Knight’s own dark business dealings — a danger that forces Allon to re-engage with old enemies and old parts of himself he’d hoped were behind him.
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Daniel Silva discusses how art, real-world events inspired his new book "Ransom" - CBS New York
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