• The Mark of the Assassin

  • Michael Osbourne, Book 1
  • By: Daniel Silva
  • Narrated by: Christopher Lane
  • Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (2,552 ratings)

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The Mark of the Assassin

By: Daniel Silva
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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Publisher's summary

When a commercial airliner is blown out of the sky off the East Coast, the CIA scrambles to find the perpetrators. A body is discovered near the crash site with three bullets to the face: the calling card of a shadowy international assassin. Only agent Michael Osbourne has seen the markings before - on a woman he once loved.

Now, it's personal for Osbourne. Consumed by his dark obsession with the assassin, he's willing to risk his family, his career, and his life - to settle a score...

©2003 Daniel Silva (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The prose is slick, and readers will find themselves racing through these pages as the body count grows and the conclusion nears. The Mark of the Assassin is a worthy effort from a rising star." (Amazon.com review)

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    3 out of 5 stars

My first read of Silva

It was an okay book. Not great but not bad. Slow as hell in the beginning but overall pretty good. I'm going to try another one of his titles and see if it's any better. One thing is for sure, Michael's wife Elizabeth... biggest pain in the ass I've ever heard. Someone should have shot her in the book.

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Great Story. POOR PERFORMANCE.

As a new fan of Daniel Silva I was disheartened when Christopher Lane started narrating. About a chapter in, I realized I would have to listen to characters that were either sniveling pretentious children throughout, a female assassins hi sounded like a whiny hooker, a protagonist sounding like Joe from Family Guy with a Stewie-sounding character thrown into the mix here and there for the English flair. The entire performance was anguish - happy that the story kept me. That said, if Christopher had been the performer in additional books, I’d have given up the series, indeed.

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Classic Silva

Great book. As a fan of the Gabriel Allon series I found this as a refreshing alternate universe. The characters and scenes are as meticulously defined in the usual Silva manner. US political intrigue and end of the Cold War dramatics help to drive the story and make one want to rush to see what unfolds next.

Mr. Lane performed a masterful job as reader. The differentiation between the characters helped with the immersion into the world of Michael Osbourne.

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Golden retrievers?

I could not give this book more than 3 stars because too many innocent dogs were shot. It’s too sad. Just stick to killing the bad people please!

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    5 out of 5 stars

Very well written and narrated

Enough detail that I knew just how people were killed but not enough to make me sick. Hard to believe there are people in the world who do this.

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Good guy wins AGAIN

it was great story. but same ending. good guy wins! bad guy dies! what a surprise.

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GREAT book - HORRENDOUS narrator

Would you consider the audio edition of The Mark of the Assassin to be better than the print version?

Absolutely not.

What did you like best about this story?

The plot - the characters

How did the narrator detract from the book?

His character voices were so bad that I seriously considered just giving up on it. Especially the female characters.

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Great story, love the narration.

If you like spy thrillers, then this is the book for you. Great story line, engaging characters, great narration. Loved it.

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very good spy thriller.

Overall this is a very engaging and well-written book. it takes a while for it to get going. in the beginning, almost every chapter feels like an introduction and analysis of a new character. But once it kicks into gear it's a fun story in the classic spy genre.

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  • 05-21-23

Hard to put down!

This was an excellent, suspenseful tale from first to last. I highly recommend it, and hope to read many more by Daniel Silva.

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