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The Messenger [Abridged] [Audiobook] [CD] (Audio CD)

by Daniel Silva (Author), Christopher Lane (Reader)

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Audio CD
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD; Abridged edition (Jul 25 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1596008865
ISBN-13: 978-1596008861
Product Dimensions: 15.5 x 13.2 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 114 g

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Bestseller Silva continues to warrant comparisons to John le Carré, as shown by his latest thriller starring Israeli art restorer and spymaster Gabriel Allon. Ahmed bin Shafiq, a former chief of a clandestine Saudi intelligence unit, targets the Vatican for attack, in particular Pope Paul VII and his top aide, Monsignor Luigi Donati, who both appeared in Silva's previous novel, Prince of Fire. Shafiq, who now heads his own terrorist network, is allied with a militant Islamic Saudi businessman known as Zizi, a true believer committed to the destruction of all infidels. Gabriel's challenge is to infiltrate Zizi's organization, a task he assigns to a beautiful American art expert, Sarah Bancroft. Gabriel promises he'll protect her, but plans go awry, and by the end Sarah faces torture and death. While Sarah's fate is never in doubt, the way Silva resolves his plot will keep readers right where he wants them: on the edges of their seats.
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Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and master spy, is recalled to action by his masters in the Israeli intelligence establishment. They have uncovered a plot by al-Queda to assassinate the Pope, and that's only for starters. Christopher Lane keeps all the balls in the air in this labyrinthine plot involving infiltration of the Swiss Guards, the American President, truckloads of evil Saudis, every known intelligence agency in the Western world, and security agencies galore. All the ingredients are stirred vigorously and frequently, and Lane handles it all beautifully. He offers several languages and many varieties of accented English with admirable clarity. And his pacing serves to keep listeners in continual suspense. R.E.K. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, April 16 2009

By	Mario Alibrando "AnAwesomeRead" (Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ce commentaire est de: Messenger (Hardcover)

An excellent read, Gabriel Allon is back for more and I couldn't be happier. I hope one of these books in the series of books from Daniel Silva makes it into a movie soon. I highly recommend this book along with all the previous ones.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Does the Messenger deliver?, Mar 21 2008

By	R. Hansen "rob_slick" (Hamilton, Ontario) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ce commentaire est de: Messenger (Paperback)

In Daniel Silva's The Messenger, we meet art-restorer/Israeli spy Gabriel Allon once again. I thought the background information on Allon's past exploits through the first hundred or so pages of the book useless unless you've read those novels. I'd much rather have followed the plot unravelling with this story quicker than catch up on the series.

I didn't find this read as suspenseful or thrilling as others, but it was still a decent read.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Read This Book If You Love Spy Tradecraft, Feb 2 2007

By	Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)

Ce commentaire est de: Messenger (Hardcover)

The spy novel genre hasn't been the same since the cold war ended. Magnificent fictional forays and counter-forays of east and west against one another with the fate of the world in the balance provided marvelous drama that led to wonderful plots, seat-squirming suspense, and intense emotional involvement with the characters. Many have tried to resurrect the spy novel genre with modern-day terror and antiterrorist activities. In most cases, these stories don't carry the same weight. It's as though we know the tales are too fanciful to be real.

In the Messenger, Daniel Silva has recaptured some of the zest of the cold war spy stories in an intense tale of an innocent sent out among the lethal to identify a terrorist leader. You'll easily find yourself imagining that you are Sarah Bancroft, a curator at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., who is recruited to infiltrate a terrorist-supporting Saudi billionaire's entourage.

The plot is quite a complex one. Gabriel Allon has been retired from spying while he quietly pursues his profession of art restorer. Israeli intelligence is checking out a terror suspect when the man is accidentally killed, leaving his laptop computer to be accessed. From the images, the Israelis conclude that the Vatican is a target. Allon is brought in to see what can be done to avoid an attack. Soon, events roll into motion that require more than prevention at the Vatican as the Israelis target a former Saudi official who seems to be running terror networks. Sarah Bancroft is recruited, and the hunt is on. Time is of the essence. Can they identify the target before the terrorists identify Sarah's true allegiances?

The book's main weakness is that connecting the book's opening to the rest of the series takes up a lot of space. If you've read the other books, you don't need that much background. If you haven't read the other books, it's still too much. Then, the development of the spy gambit takes awhile to get off the ground. As a result, not much of the good material in the book occurs before page 110. But stick around. If you are patient with the opening, you'll be pleased with the rest, especially after page 162.

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