Moscow Rules [Large Print] (Hardcover)

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. This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

He began his career in journalism in San Francisco. While pursuing a graduate degree in international relations at San Francisco State University, he was hired by United Press International for a temporary assignment during the Democratic National Convention in 1984. After a week, UPI offered him a job. Silva left graduate school and went to work.

After working in San Francisco for a year, Silva was transferred to UPI's foreign desk in Washington, D.C., where he worked for two years. In 1987, he was named Middle East Correspondent and posted in Cairo.

He traveled extensively in the region and covered the Iran-Iraq war, terrorism and political conflicts. On assignment in the Persian Gulf, he met his wife, Jamie Gangel, National Correspondent for NBC News "Today." The two were married in 1988, and Silva returned to Washington and went to work for CNN.

For five years, Silva worked in the newsroom of CNN's Washington Bureau, producing programs such as "The International Hour," "Inside Politics," "The World Today," and "Prime News." In 1993, he moved to the talk show unit and in 1994, began work on The Unlikely Spy, his first novel, which went on to surprise bestsellerdom and critical acclaim. Since then, he has written The Mark of the Assassin (1998), The Marching Season (1999) and The Kill Artist (2000), all of which followed suit and hit the bestseller list. The English Assassin will be published in March, 2002.

Silva and wife have 7-year-old twins, Lily and Nicholas, and live in Georgetown in Washington, D.C. Silva left CNN in June of 1997 to concentrate full time on his writing. He is currently at work on his sixth novel. This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.