Daniel Silva Gabriel Allon CD Collection: Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant [Abridged, Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

Gabriel Allon #5-7

by Daniel Silva

Prince Of Fire - Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, is back in Venice, when a terrible explosion in Rome leads to a disturbing personal revelation: the existence of a dossier in terrorist hands that strips away his secrets, lays bare his history. Hastily recalled home to Israel, drawn once more into the heart of a service he had once forsaken, Allon finds himself stalking an elusive master terrorist.

The Messenger - Gabriel Allon is recovering from his grueling showdown with a Palestinian master terrorist, when terrorism comes to find him once again. An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer - photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning one of its most audacious attacks ever, straight at the heart of the Vatican.

The Secret Servant - Gabriel Allon is summoned once more by his masters to undertake what appears to be a routine assignment: travel to Amsterdam to purge the archives of a murdered Dutch terrorism analyst who also happened to be an asset of Israeli intelligence. But once in Amsterdam, Gabriel soon discovers a conspiracy of terror festering in the city’s Islamic underground, a plot that is about to explode on the other side of the English Channel, in the middle of London.

Genres: Fiction, Espionage, Thriller

Unknown Binding

First published August 29, 2008

About the author

Daniel Silva was born in Michigan in 1960 and raised in California where he received his BA from Fresno State. Silva began his writing career as a journalist for United Press International (UPI), traveling in the Middle East and covering the Iran-Iraq war, terrorism and political conflicts. From UPI he moved to CNN, where he eventually became executive producer of its Washington-based public policy programming. In 1994 he began work on his first novel, The Unlikely Spy, a surprise best seller that won critical acclaim. He turned to writing full time in 1997 and all of his books have been New York Times/national best sellers, translated into 25 languages and published across Europe and the world. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Series:
* Michael Osbourne
* Gabriel Allon

Reviews

[Sue Degoey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this series. It had a few slow sections but overall it was a good, suspenseful and eye opening book.

[Charmaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I jumped into this one without having read any of the earlier books from this series. It is loaded with thought provoking twists and turns. Not a summer beach read by any means! Very intense with great writing.

[Juan Moreno]

👌🏽

[Robert S · Rating 3 out of 5]

Garbriel Allon is such a great character!

[Gail Cooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

As has been recently noted Daniel Silva’s latest book in his over the top Gabriel Allon Series has headed every bestseller list this summer. What more could one need to realize that his writing speaks to millions, it surely does to me! If I recall correctly he once said in an interview that if his wife reminds him that he’s forgotten to do a few things he says that he spends more time in the world of Gabriel Allon than he does in his own. They’re joined at the hip and Allon is very, very real to Silva as are the other characters he creates. And, all are very, very real to listeners/readers.

I make no apologies for the fact that I’m a fan and I loved this audio book - what a treat! Three books, 32 hours of listening on 3 discs. Each is read by an expert performer and all are suspenseful, surprising, and totally absorbing.

The first is PRINCE OF FIRE which takes art restorer and spy Allon back to Venice. However, no time to admire his surroundings as there’s a huge explosion in Rome which makes him aware that everything known about him is now in the hands of terrorists. He’s quickly called home to Israel where he soon finds himself tracking a master terrorist.

THE MESSENGER follows on the heels of Gabriel’s showdown with the master terrorist in the previous story. He’d really like a little r&r to recover from what he’d just been through, but no such luck. In London an Al-Qaeda suspect is killed and photographs are found on Gabriel’s computer. From these photos Israeli intelligence is led to believe that Al-Qaeda is planning one of the most frightening attacks yet - the Vatican! Is it possible to stop this?

With THE SECRET SERVANT Gabriel is tasked with what appears to be a simple request - visit to Amsterdam to clean the files of a murdered Dutch terrorism analyst who was also of import to Israeli intelligence. A piece of cake! Not at all because once in Amsterdam Gabriel finds a conspiracy growing in the city’s Islamic underground, a horrendous plot that will threaten London.

Enjoy!

[Deb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Art dealer and Israeli operative Gabriel Allon embarks on a mission to take down a terrorist who funded an attack on the Vatican. To do this he needs a Van Gogh painting and an American women to infiltrate "Jihad, Inc.", the network of the Saudi businessman who is a known associate of the target. They need this American, Sarah, to ID their target so they can take him out. This sets up quite an exciting story with a lot of spycraft. Silva also puts a lot of detail into his scenes, and some political grandstanding by the characters, which slows things down. I found myself often wishing he would get back to the story. So keep that in mind if you try this one out, especially if you like really fast paced books. The narrator did an excellent job, handling all the foreign accents and names with skill.

[Clark Zlotchew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was not able to place the three books separately in my list, for reasons unknown to me. I've read The Messenger, but I have not read The Secret Servant or Omnibus: Prince of Fire (which I would like to place on my to-read list). Reviews will come later.

[Shirley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good espionage thriller from Daniel Silva. I would have given it a 4 but I thought the plot was a little hard to follow - especially with all the Arabic and Hebrew names and places. Good beach read!

[Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gabriel Allon is a great character, and Silva is Quite literate in working the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into his fiction

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A page-turner. The author builds on situations in the news now while giving back-stage understanding of what is goin on in the world.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daniel Silva's stories are alive w/ action &
entertaining. His command of the English
language is superb. He challenges the reader
to know the meaning of more advanced usage of
words.