| The Fallen Angel | |
| Author: | Daniel Silva |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gabriel Allon series |
| Genre: | Spy fiction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Publisher: | Harper (US) |
| Pub Date: | 2012[1] |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 405 (1st edition) |
| Isbn: | 9780062073129 |
| Isbn Note: | (US) |
| Preceded By: | Portrait of a Spy |
| Followed By: | The English Girl |
The Fallen Angel is a 2012 spy novel by Daniel Silva. It is the twelfth in Gabriel Allon series.
"This book runs along the Jerusalem-to-Rome historical axis. It goes sort of backward in time from Rome to Jerusalem," said Daniel Silva.[2] The first part of the book is set in Italy as Allon helps the Pope's private secretary, Monsignor Luigi Donati, with a case that is troubling The Vatican.[3] Silva includes episodes exploring the traffic in looted antiquities and the history and meaning of the Temple Mount to all three Abrahamic religions.[4]
It was longlisted for the 2013 IMPAC award, and like others in Silva's Allon series, The Fallen Angel was a New York Times bestseller rising to #1 on the hardcover fiction list in August 2012.[5] [6] Zarine Khan was considered for Chimera, a planned movie adaptation of the book,[7] however it did not proceed.