false<![CDATA[Moscow Rules (Gabriel Allon, #8)]]>203321711<B>The extraordinary new Gabriel Allon novel from the "gold standard" (<I>The Dallas Morning News</I>) of thriller writers</B>.
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"(<I>Chicago Sun-Times</I>)-and Gabriel Allon as "one of the most intriguing heroes of any thriller series" (<I>The Philadelphia Inquirer</I>).
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, <I>Moscow Rules</I> is at once superior entertainment and a searing cautionary tale about the new threats rising to the East-and Silva's finest novel yet.20379232272008Moscow Rules (Gabriel Allon, #8)total:915|5:243|4:397|3:229|2:41|1:5|9153577131023151falsefalseWed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008Wed Jul 23 22:37:32 -0700 2008Wed Sep 10 17:01:36 -0700 20081
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Gabriel Allon returns in fine form in Moscow Rules. That is, he is as faithful, competent, and moody as ever as he once again becomes entangled in a conspiracy he'd rather have avoided. One of Silva's strengths throughout the series is avoiding black-and-white depictions of issues ranging from extre...more...]]>
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I like that Silva's hero, Allon, doesn't always have things work out just right. However, I ...more...]]>
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30falsefalseThu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008Tue Nov 04 21:13:17 -0800 2008Sat Nov 15 04:54:45 -0800 2008 Silva's character, Gabriel Allon, is a retired Israeli agent turned art restorer, who is drawn back into the game for a one time meeting with the editor of an investigative news journal in Russia.
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50falsefalseSat Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008Mon Aug 25 09:45:38 -0700 2008Mon Aug 25 09:46:43 -0700 2008 While other authors of pop thrillers seem to have come off the rails in recent works, reigning master of espionage fiction Daniel Silva is beginning to make it look like he doesn't know how to write a bad book. He's back with another tale of Israeli operati...more...]]>
50falsetrueSat Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008Mon Aug 11 03:11:29 -0700 2008Sat Aug 23 01:31:10 -0700 2008 Have now finished reading Moscow Rules and I thorougly enjoyed it! I agree with another persons comment here that the writing is becoming prescriptive, however, that said - it is always such a pleasure to find a book that keep you wanting to turn the next page :-)