The Predicament

The Predicament is the nineteenth novel by British author William Boyd, published in 2025, by Atlantic Crime in the United States and Viking Penguin in the United Kingdom. It is the second installment in the Gabriel Dax trilogy, following Gabriel's Moon (2024). The novel continues the story of Dax, a travel writer who becomes entangled in Cold War espionage. It is the fifth Boyd novel to heavily feature espionage, following; Restless (2006), Waiting for Sunrise (2012), Solo (2013) his James Bond continuation novel and Gabriel's Moon.