The Messenger
by Daniel Silva
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Author: Daniel SilvaEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-07-25
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Putnam Adult
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Book Review: "It all came down to a business transaction...Twenty million for a life."
Summary: 5 Stars
With Saudi businessmen of almost unimaginable wealth supporting and financing Al Quaeda terrorists, anything can be bought, including lives. In what is arguably Silva's strongest novel, the Vatican is attacked, St. Peter's Basilica is bombed, the Pope and his aides are threatened and shot at, and dozens of people are killed. Gabriel Allon, an art restorer who has a secret life as an assassin and intelligence operative for the Israeli security services, has warned his long-time friend Msgr. Luigi Donati, private secretary to the Pope, of the attack, but he is not quite in time. Working with the Vatican, US intelligence agencies, and Israel in the aftermath of the carnage, Allon works to track down the leader of the terrorist cell and his money supply to prevent further massacres.
Saudis, including one of the princes, have masterminded and funded the attack, hiding behind a multi-national corporation with many different businesses which allow them move men and materiel across borders and into position as terrorists. Allon's tracking of the killers tells him it is only a matter of time before another similar attack is launched.
The moneyman behind the terrorism is also a collector of the rarest impressionist paintings, and Allon uses his connections in the art world to interest the Saudi in a never-before-exhibited Van Gogh painting. He also attempts to penetrate the man's inner circle--by employing a beautiful American art expert, Sarah Bancroft, to be curator of the Saudi's art collection and provide Allon and his service with information. As the moves and countermoves play out, Allon and his fellow agents travel throughout Europe and the Caribbean, following the terrorists and their money, while trying to protect their very vulnerable plant inside the Saudi operation.
Silva is a master at keeping suspense high. Allon, as a secret agent, is free to take whatever means are necessary, including multiple murders, to prevent the spilling of even more innocent blood. As Sarah Bancroft's position within the Saudi inner circle becomes increasingly tenuous and eventually leads to violence, the body count rises. Silva's depiction of torture and mayhem takes on an almost clinical detachment, creating even more horror in the mind of the reader, and his vision of sadistic killers who enjoy the game of death is terrifying. Carefully constructed to take into account the latest information about Al Quaeda and its tentacles in all aspects of western business and social life, this dramatic novel from 2006 shows with terrifying accuracy the lengths to which terrorists are willing to go in the name of jihad--and the lengths to which intelligence agencies may have to go in the name of self-defense. n Mary Whipple
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