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The Marching Season
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A first class story as up-to-date as the headlines Daniel Silva is a bestselling novelist on both sides of the Atlantic Reissued in excellent new cover style alongside his latest novel, THE KILL ARTIST Critical acclaim for Daniel Silva: 'Filled with the kind of dark passages that keep fans of spy thrillers guessing as they eagerly turn the pages ... briskly suspenseful, tightly constructed and full of well-rounded, believable characters' NEW YORK TIMES 'Silva brings to life a tale of suspense that spirals its way to an evocative climax' THE TIMES 'Silva can truly write. He creates tension with a real master's touch ... from page one we are hooked into the action' IRISH TIMES

About the Author

Daniel Silva is ex-CNN TV executive, whose first book The Unlikely Spy was sold in 14 countries. He is married with twins.

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Silva can truly write. He creates tension with a real master's touch ... from page one we are hooked into the action
*IRISH TIMES*

Each plot-twisting segment is marked by almost unbearable tension ... Silva's unsmiling prose urges you on like a silencer poking at the small of your back
*ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY*

Silva continues the unique blend of fact and fiction that gives his stories the immediate and urgency of the evening news ... With THE MARCHING SEASON, Daniel Silva confirms his position as a front-runner to succeed Tom Clancy as America's foremost source of international intrigue fiction
*BOOKPAGE*

It's a difficult and risky endeavour using the Troubles as a background for a thriller ... Silva, whose THE MARK OF THE ASSASSIN was a powerful and intelligent piece ... uses locales well, from the backstreets of West Belfast to the rolling hills of Armagh, and avoids the cliches to produce a solid thriller
*CRIME TIME*

The title of Silva's new thriller (after Mark of the Assassin and The Unlikely Spy) refers to the time of the year in Northern Ireland when the Protestants assert their right to march in celebration of a 300-year-old victory over the Catholics‘and the Catholics (naturally) object. The Irish background to this elaborately plotted but not very convincing yarn is by far the best part about it. Silva has clearly done his homework on Belfast and the tone of the contemporary Troubles, and the opening passages have an authentic ring. All too soon, however, the story becomes bogged down in one of those worldwide conspiracies to keep the world safe for arms merchants by blocking any efforts toward peace, of a kind only John le Carré, with his much more acute eye and ear for offbeat villains, can hope to bring off. There is a supposedly charismatic yet glum world-class assassin who bumps off the surgeon who has changed his face; an embittered ex-CIA man, Michael Osbourne, whose job is to save the free world; Osbourne's wife, who wishes he would leave the Agency alone, and various cynical and suave operatives on both sides. The whole tale is told in simple, declarative sentences that convey information (though not much else) with economy and authority, but ultimately become tedious. There are anomalies, too: a climactic shootout in Washington might work as a movie scene but sags on the page; and while such real-life figures as British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams and (in a truly ludicrous scene) even Queen Elizabeth are given walk-ons, the American public figures are all mythical. Despite Silva's skill at moving a story along, this is basically a mechanical and lackluster performance. (Mar.)

Silva can truly write. He creates tension with a real master's touch ... from page one we are hooked into the action * IRISH TIMES *
Each plot-twisting segment is marked by almost unbearable tension ... Silva's unsmiling prose urges you on like a silencer poking at the small of your back * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *
Silva continues the unique blend of fact and fiction that gives his stories the immediate and urgency of the evening news ... With THE MARCHING SEASON, Daniel Silva confirms his position as a front-runner to succeed Tom Clancy as America's foremost source of international intrigue fiction * BOOKPAGE *
It's a difficult and risky endeavour using the Troubles as a background for a thriller ... Silva, whose THE MARK OF THE ASSASSIN was a powerful and intelligent piece ... uses locales well, from the backstreets of West Belfast to the rolling hills of Armagh, and avoids the cliches to produce a solid thriller * CRIME TIME *

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