Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva (2008, Hardcover)

One of my favorite authors comes through with another exciting plot about one of my favorite characters. A really good read.

The book is excellent, as all the other books Daniel Silva wrote. It is also chillingly realistic and for a former communist-block national, quite scary. I am so glad I don't live in Eastern Europe anymore! I can only hope that Mr. Silva works diligently on his next great thriller. He is a "tight" writer; no stretching, no unnecessary plots, no extra pages. Totally believable.

Daniel Silva takes his Israeli assassin into the underworld of Moscow, and associates him with its denizens, both before and after.

Silva does an excellent job of making one sypathize with a person who is essentially a murderer.

I've read every one of Daniel Silva's books and Moscow Rules is one of my very favorites. Gabriel Allon is a character torn between the love of his country and his wanting to lead a normal life after shedding so much blood. Those who haven't read any of Mr. Silva's books are sure missing out on something special.

Great book and captivating plot with great deal of interesting details. A real page turner. Highly recommend.

This book is excellently written and definitely holds your attention but as the EIGHTH! book in the Allon series it seems, to me at least, that the books have become less about Allon, Shamron and a slew of memorable secondary characters and enemies and more about Silva's own personal beliefs. This book can easily be deemed an allegorical warning of the threat of Russia, a threat Silva clearly agrees with as he spends several pages expounding on in the afterward. The tide in the Allon books has been a long time coming but before this they had all been extremely enjoyable and thrilling but this one was just more of the same, and, startlingly, put the beloved assassin hero as a mere backdrop to Silva's agenda. Even Gabriel seems tired of it toward the end as there is absolutely nothing new to stir him as Ivan, try as Silva might, never quite connects as past villains have as dangerous and gripping sociopaths. That said, it is a fine quick read but if you haven't read any of the other seven books or have read most but not all of them you'd do much better starting somewhere else. Or even in Silva's other excellent series about Michael Osbourne. The English Assassin is still my favorite work by Silva.

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I've read just about every one of Silva's books. The transaction went very well. It would be helpful, however, if seller's would say if a book was a book club print. Thanks!