The Messenger (Gabriel Allon Series Book 6)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (639 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000QUEHN0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 103 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Messenger (Gabriel Allon Series Book 6) book has been released since 2014-05-29. The Messenger (Gabriel Allon Series Book 6) are written by Daniel Silva and it has 103 of pages on .
Disappointingly one-sided I really enjoyed all the previous Allon books, but I think if I had read this one first I would not have continued with the series. This book posits that essentially there is no good Muslim. Any Muslim who seems to be for peace is actually secretly recruiting jihadis and biding their time. I think that is a pretty reprehensible thing to be putting out in the world, and particularly disappointing because the previous books seemed to have a much more nuanced approach to the tensions in the Middle East, even though the hero is an Israeli assassin and clearly has a strong point of view. The past books in the series p. Suncoast said Gabriel Allon vs Jihad Incorporated. Daniel Silva has written some excellent espionage/covert ops books in the Gabriel Allon series and this is one of his best. Gabriel Allon is one of the most fascinating characters in modern espionage fiction. He operates in two quite distinct worlds, that of a world renowned art restorer and that of a senior operative of Israel's Security Intelligence Service - "the Office". He is a skilled artist in both worlds, one very gentle and the other, while still very skilled, at times can be very violent.Allon is once again pulled out of retirement with news that jihad bombers may be targeting the Vatican. This sets Gab. "Good for an Allon novel, but starting to get old" according to Amazon Customer. I have read all of the Gabriel Allon novels in order up to The Messenger. If you like other Allon novels, you will like this one. It's tightly plotted with lots of exciting action and we revisit some favorite recurring characters and meet a few new ones. Some of the narrative is copied directly out of previous novels in the series - the descriptions of people and some of the history. The ninth time around, I'm tired of reading it. Certain element of the plots are repetitive as well. I'm sure it's difficult to keep a long running series fresh, but in some respects it doesn't seem as though Silva is trying. It's mo