- Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Fawcett; Reprint edition (Mar 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0449225313
- ISBN-13: 978-0449225318
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,466,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Bestselling novelist Daniel Silva (author of The Unlikely Spy) draws upon his experience as a foreign correspondent and a Washington journalist in The Mark of the Assassin. Set in London, Cairo, Amsterdam, and Washington, the story line follows CIA case agent Michael Osbourne as he attempts to locate the terrorists who shot down an airliner off the coast of Long Island. Osbourne has two main antagonists: Delaroche, a KGB-trained expert assassin ordered to kill the handful of people who know the truth, including Osbourne, and the corrupt political culture of Washington, which ominously stymies him at every turn. There's a love story at the core of this book, as well as a brave attempt by Osbourne to reconcile a mystery in his past with a present he has not fully accepted. The prose is slick, and readers will find themselves racing through these pages as the body count grows and the conclusion nears. The Mark of the Assassin is a worthy effort from a rising star.
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In this follow-up to the best-selling The Unlikely Spy, a bunch of evil business executives target the U.S. president.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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One of the Best Recent Spy Thrillers,
This review is from: The Mark of the Assassin (Mass Market Paperback)
Silva's book isn't perfect, but it's a darn good read nonetheless. His writing is far better than most spy thriller writers and is peppered with exotic European locales and interesting characters. This is a thriller for those who snooze through all the techno mumbo-jumbo of Clancy's books and their ilk. This is more of a character-driven thriller in the tradition of the better Robert Ludlum books. Excitement without the special effects. There are, of course, a few overused plot devices in this one, but all in all it's quite a fun read.
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Left Wing Ryan,
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This review is from: The Mark of the Assassin (Mass Market Paperback)
If you are growing tired of the ideological bent of Tom Clancy and Jack Ryan, meet Daniel Silva. This book is something you might have gotten to read if Tom Clancy had been a liberal.A mole assassin is left stranded in deep cover by the end of the Cold War. He goes into business for himself and is ultimately hired by the military-industrial complex to shoot down a passenger jet and blame it on the Palestinians. The real object of the exercise is to get America to deploy a missile defense system and re-elect a right wing President. A resourceful CIA analyst is thrown into the fray and disrupts the bad guys' plans after a lot of good people (including his own wife) have been killed, wounded or otherwise put in harm's way. Silva did much better with The English Assassin. This is basic fluff.
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Will anyone get out of this, alive?,
This review is from: The Mark of the Assassin (Mass Market Paperback)
An American plane is mid-air when a rocket is launched from the boat of an assassin, killing everyone on board. The United States immediately reacts, informing the public that the attackers are hostile national terrorists whose country must be subdued. The war begins. Is this the real story?This all too familiar tale mirrors the allegations of the Vietnam war all over again. Dear reader is subjected to a complicated ride of examining greed and motivations. One character has the goods on another character who is blackmailing another character. The list goes on and on. But still, this hired assassin, whose trademark for killing is three bullets to the face continues to take down one after another. Whose payroll is he on and who is next? Although the story is fairly formulaic and certainly well-suited for a major motion production, the action is non-stop and has its audience wondering who will get out of this complicated mess, alive.
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