Daniel Silva is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, and the Gabriel Allon series, including The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, The Rembrandt Affair, Portrait of a Spy, The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Heist, The English Spy, The Black Widow, and House of Spies. His books are published in more than thirty countries and are bestsellers around the world.
“[A] HEART-STOPPING, COMPLEX YARN OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND
INTRIGUE…A thrilling roller-coaster ride, keeping readers guessing
until the mind-bending conclusion.”—Publishers Weekly
“A writer who is bringing NEW LIFE TO THE INTERNATIONAL
THRILLER.”—Newsday
“A MASTER WRITER OF ESPIONAGE…[Daniel Silva’s] writing is clean,
crisp, and compelling.”—The Cincinnati Enquirer
“[A] THRILL-A-MINUTE SURE-FIRE BESTSELLER…[that] rips Middle East
strife from the headlines.”—Kirkus Reviews
The tragedy of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and despair of its resolution provide the backdrop for Silva's (The Unlikely Spy) heart-stopping, complex yarn of international terrorism and intrigue. Israeli master spy Ari Shamron sets an intricate plot in motion to lure deadly Palestinian assassin Tariq al-Hourani into his net. Art restorer Gabriel Allon, a former Israeli agent whose family was killed by Tariq, is lured back into the fray by Shamron and teamed with Jacqueline Delacroix, a French supermodel/Israeli secret agent whose grandparents died in the Holocaust. Gabriel sets up in London to monitor Yusef, Tariq's fellow terrorist and confidant. Jacqueline is assigned to seduce him in hopes of intercepting Tariq, who is devising a plan to kill Israel's prime minister during peace talks with Arafat in New YorkDand he has similar plans for Gabriel. The tortuous plot leading the various parties to the showdown in Manhattan is a thrilling roller-coaster ride, keeping readers guessing until the mind-bending conclusion. Sensitive to both sides of the conflict, the narrative manages to walk a political tightrope while examining the motivations of Palestinians and Israelis alike. The duplicity and secret financial juggling to keep government hands clean is personified in publishing mogul Benjamin Stone, who backs the Israeli efforts. He is just one of many larger-than-life characters (both real and invented) thrown into the mixDArafat himself has a tense encounter with Tariq that underscores the volatility of terrorist loyalty. An array of global locales adds to the complexity and authenticity of the dizzying, cinematic plot. (Dec.) Forecast: The popular success of Silva's first two novels and the timeliness of this one suggest escalating sales. Random is backing the title with major ad/promo, including a six-city author tour. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
"[A] HEART-STOPPING, COMPLEX YARN OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND
INTRIGUE...A thrilling roller-coaster ride, keeping readers
guessing until the mind-bending conclusion."-Publishers
Weekly
"A writer who is bringing NEW LIFE TO THE INTERNATIONAL
THRILLER."-Newsday
"A MASTER WRITER OF ESPIONAGE...[Daniel Silva's] writing is clean,
crisp, and compelling."-The Cincinnati Enquirer
"[A] THRILL-A-MINUTE SURE-FIRE BESTSELLER...[that] rips Middle East
strife from the headlines."-Kirkus Reviews
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