Moscow Rules

Gabriel Allon, Book 8

By: Daniel Silva

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 11 hrs

Publisher's summary

The extraordinary new Gabriel Allon novel from the "gold standard" ( The Dallas Morning New) of thriller writers.

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.

©2008 Danie Silva (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Daniel Silva brings new life to the international thriller." ( Newsday)

predictable

Not very engrossing. It seemed predictable. No hidden mystery.

Another wonderful Silva novel

It seems anything from Daniel Silva is just awesome. I would love to find other authors to compete with this.

Love the series

I purchased a later book in the series and enjoyed it so much I am backtracking to listen to them all!! Enjoyable series!

One of Silva’s best!

I really enjoyed everything about this book and the reader was very very good, but I wish that he had had more coaching on how to pronounce the French words. It seems like he may have had more experience with Russian and English than any experience in French. But otherwise he did a fabulous job

what a page-turner!

a touching as well as an exciting Adventure. one you will not want to miss.

Excellent and fun and a bit scary.

My first read from Mr Silva. I enjoyed the book a great deal and I found the narration well done. As other reviewers said, maybe some pronunciations weren’t perfect but for me the story flowed smoothly and was highly entertaining.

Good, but Silva's done better

A good listen... I wanted to give it 5 stars because I love the series, but it wasn't quite as exciting as the previous books.

Bad narrator

I am a great fan of Daniel Silva, but this narrator is so bad, I wasn't able to finish this book. It seems that the author has some responsibility to their readers to ensure that the narrator is competent before selling the audio rights to their book.

good story, narrator needs help

I am a fan of the author. He does us no favor however to use this narrator. It was difficult to get past his amateurish performance to immerse myself into the plot.

Silva cements his place as a master story teller.

This is a continuation of the Gabriel Allon series and is as riveting as the others. I had trouble stopping this audio. An absorbing spy thriller from an author who has mastered English prose. Doesn't get any better.