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90 reviews

Signet, 2007

Allon's Alter Ego
This is one of my favorite Silva thrillers, primarily because of the subterfuge, chase, revelation, and respect between Silva's hero Gabriel Allon and the antagonist of this book, the English Assassin, who seems to serve as Allon's alter ego. The Englishman is a former British-government trained special ops soldier, now turned mercenary. The back-and-forth in scene and plot when Allon's and the ...

The Marching Season

71 reviews
Daniel Silva

Random House Audio, 1999

Exceptionally talented writer
It takes a great writer to entice me to buy all of their books. I bought all of Silva's books after completing "Mark of the Assassin." He weaves a lot of fact, including history, into his tales. Thus making them more credible and worthwhile from a learning perspective. I find the "Society" to be quite fascinating as I am intrigued by factual conspiracies. Though Silva's "Society" is ...

A Death in Vienna

85 reviews
Daniel Silva

Penguin Books Ltd, 2005

Gabriel Allon is the man!!
I have gained a an ever increasing respect for Holocaust survivors. I do not believe anyone can ever really begin to imagine the horrors of this period in history. Gabriel Allon learned of this first hand upon reading a manuscript, written by his mother, who was a physical survivor. The monstor who stripped her of everything except her moral courage is alive and Gabriel must bring him to ...

The Messenger

113 reviews
Daniel Silva

Brilliance Audio Paperback Audiobooks, 2007

A Great Cross
Mr. Silva is a direct cross between John LeCarre (the early) and Lee Child. He has brought action to his cerebral character as if Jack Reacher gave George Smiley some courses in spy field work. What separates Mr. Silva from almost all the authors of the spy/thriller genre is the genuineness of his characters, particularly Gabriel Allon, his main character. Allon has very real human emotions ...

The Unlikely Spy

108 reviews
Daniel Silva

Signet, 2003

Silva is taking a month out of my life!
I stumbled across "Mark of the Assassin" a couple weeks ago. Upon completion, I purchased every available novel written by Silva. "The Unlikely Spy" is more complicated than most thrillers. It is also not as polished as his later novels. It does clearly show a remarkable talent for research and crafting a tale that expertly weaves both fact and fiction. My theory however is that maybe ...

The Unlikely Spy

2 reviews
Daniel Silva

Villard Books, 1996

I TRULY LOVED THIS NOVEL
I became an avid fan of Daniel Silva, from the very first book I've read from this author. I now have purchased and read everything he has published so far. With "The Unlikely Spy" I was not disappointed. The story is fast paced and suspenful from beginning to end. The very best spy minds from Germany and England are facing each other in this all-out cat and mouse game, were the lives of ...

The Secret Servant

98 reviews

Penguin, 2007

Best Daniel Silva Ever
Daniel Silva gets increasingly better. Secret Servant kept me in the game from the first page to the last.

The Confessor

101 reviews
Daniel Silva

Penguin Books Ltd, 2004

"Bring me the file on The Leopard."
(4.5 stars) The Leopard, an assassin who figures in a number of Silva novels, becomes a major player in this third Gabriel Allon novel, about the passive involvement of the Vatican in the Holocaust and its subsequent denial of all responsibility. Basing the novel on research by scholars like Susan Zuccotti (whom Silva credits in his acknowledgments) into the secret connections between factions ...

Moscow Rules

36 reviews
Daniel Silva

Putnam Adult, 2008

Awesome Sequel!!
I just finished this book, after flying to Dallas. It was a close call, as I was landing when I was on the last page... I really didn't want to put the book down, since Daniel Silva, in his usual fashion, makes this book (once again) a real page turner! The characters are colorful and his description of the places they go and the things they do are as realistic as it can get without being ...

The Kill Artist

85 reviews
Daniel Silva

Random House, 1901

The Artist Here is Silva
Silva writes a past-paced, ferocious opening to his Gabriel Allon series of books with this excellent thriller. He goes a step beyond other thriller writers -- including Le Carre -- with compelling action and authentic characters. He paints his assassins as humans with "issues" stemming from their bloody occupation. Silva is not reluctant to get into issues of morality, especially the endless ...

The Mark of the Assassin

104 reviews
Daniel Silva

Fawcett Books, 2000

Exciting story of government corruption, international intrigue, and wet work.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will now be on the look out for more Silva novels. Weak review to be sure but it is late, and I had a long day yet wanted to be sure to recommmend this one.

The Confessor
Daniel Silva

Books On Tape, Inc., 2003

Detective Gabriel Allon returns in this stunning thriller of ancient and modern betrayal, long-buried secrets and unthinkable deeds. In Munich, writer Benjamin Stern enters his flat to find a man leafing through his research. When Stern confronts him, the man shoots him, murmurs a few words in Latin, gathers the papers and leaves. In Venice, art restorer and Israeli agent Gabriel Allon reads a message saying that Stern is dead; can he leave the ...

The Mark of the Assassin

1 review
Daniel Silva

Villard Books, 1998

A Stepping Stone To Better Novels
I hate to denigrate any work of Daniel Silva. However, this work is not on par with his other literary successes. Especially the Gabriel Allon series. However, the plot is quite good. An American flight is downed by a stinger missile and hell breaks out in the Middle East. The conspirators start to erase their tracks to the crime, and need the help of a soulless assassin. I remain glad I ...

Mark of the Assassin-Om

1 review
Daniel Silva

Fawcett Books, 1998

Looks like more like a draft than a finished novel
Daniel Silva is a journalist? After reading Michael Connelly's novels, I presumed that journalists make good novelists. Easy to read and knows how to sustain the readers' interest without insulting their intelligence. Silva's "Mark Of The Assassin", destroyed that notion. Predictable, it has no suspense whatsoever. Plus, its full of cliches and contrived characterizations. Guess I'll have to ...

Prince of Fire

69 reviews
Daniel Silva

Putnam Adult, 2005

Explosive Artistic Ability!! Silva's Best Allon to Date
When you read a review saying that Daniel Silva can flat out write, believe the hype! Silva can really write, and "Prince of Fire" proves just that. Another reviewer said that he didn't think Silva would raise the bar with this one, and that he was wrong. That's accurate enough, because I felt the same way. If somebody were to tell me that Daniel Silva isn't up to snuff, I'd be laughing for a ...

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