Author:Daniel Silva Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 0399155015 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
"Silva Rules"
"Leaves you wanting for more..."
"Silva Rules"
"Quicksand vs Gabriel Allon"
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Editorial Review:
The extraordinary new Gabriel Allon novel from the "gold standard" (The Dallas Morning News) of thriller writers. Over the course of ten previous novels, Daniel Silva has established himself as one of the world's finest writers of international intrigue and espionage-- "a worthy successor to such legends as Frederick Forsyth and John le Carré" (Chicago Sun-Times)--and Gabriel Allon as "one of the most intriguing heroes of any thriller series" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Now the death of a journalist leads Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has something to learn. He's playing by Moscow rules now. This is not the grim, gray Moscow of Soviet times but a new Moscow, awash in oil wealth and choked with bulletproof Bentleys. A Moscow where power resides once more behind the walls of the Kremlin and where critics of the ruling class are ruthlessly silenced. A Moscow where a new generation of Stalinists is plotting to reclaim an empire lost and to challenge the global dominance of its old enemy, the United States. One such man is Ivan Kharkov, a former KGB colonel who built a global investment empire on the rubble of the Soviet Union. Hidden within that empire, however, is a more lucrative and deadly business: Kharkov is an arms dealer--and he is about to deliver Russia's most sophisticated weapons to al- Qaeda. Unless Allon can learn the time and place of the delivery, the world will see the deadliest terror attacks since 9/11--and the clock is ticking fast. Filled with rich prose and breathtaking turns of plot, Moscow Rules is at once superior entertainment and a searing cautionary tale about the new threats rising to the East--and Silva's finest novel yet.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Silva Rules This may not be the best of Allon series, but never fails to entertain. Occasionally, I felt I had read it before, but Silva would throw another twist that kept me reading. Allon is a well developed character who fans have gotten to know. It's especially clever to weave the art world into Silva's complicated plots. The portrait of Russian oligarchs was exactly as expected.
Leaves you wanting for more... I always look forwad to the next release in the Gabriel Allon series.
This one came out and I had missed it until now.
I like the way Silva wrties and the Gabriel Allon character is wonderful.
In the case of Moscow Rules, I felt that too much was left up in the air. I enjoyed it, but wanted more. After several of these books the twists in the plot are too predictable. Plans never go as planned, and the principals always (almost) make it through. This book sets up a new story that can come... more info
Silva Rules I have read all of Gabriel Allon's novels and this book is the reason why I love Mr. Silva's books. At over 400 pages, I finished this book in one day and this is because it is a pageturner. It never gets boring, it contains good action scenes, and Mr. Silva keeps bringing back the characters that followers of this series love. I'm eagerly awaiting Mr. Silva's next book in the Gabriel Allon series which comes out next year - The Defector.
Quicksand vs Gabriel Allon As if on cue, Daniel Silva starts throwing curve-balls in the dead middle of Moscow Rules (2008). When Gabriel Allon's France-Israel-Russia-US-London traverse delays his honeymoon plans, the plot hits quicksand with the potential a sale of an antiquity outside London. Two problems are noteworthy as an afterthought: 1) even infants can't be trusted for their girgles and 2) the books length is arguably concise.
