The Secret Servant (Gabriel Allon Series)

From Publishers Weeklystarred Review. In This Sequel To The Messenger, Israeli Intelligence Officer Gabriel Allon Scours The World To Find The Kidnapped Daughter Of An American Ambassador. Silva Capitalizes On Current Affairs By Focusing His Thriller On The Machinations Of Europeanborn Islamic Terrorists. Gigante Does As Skillful A Job Performing The Myriad Accents And Languagesamerican, British, Danish, Dutch, German And Egyptian. He Even Modulates The English Accents Of The Arab Terrorists To Reflect Whether Or Not They Were Born In Europe. When Silva Places Men And Women From Various Cultures In The Same Room To Converse Or Argue, Gigante Slips From One Voice To Another Without Missing A Beat. Gigante'S Performance Is As Fastpaced As The Novel. He Also Artfully Uses His Vocal Skills To Delve Into Gabriel'S Complex Charactercalm, Tough And Indestructible But Also Artistic, Sentimental And Romantic. This Excellent Matchup Between Reader And Author Makes This A Chilling And Riveting Listen And One Of The Best Audio Productions Of The Year.Copyright Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.Product Descriptionwhen Last We Encountered Gabriel Allon, The Master Art Restorer And Sometime Officer Of Israeli Intelligence, He Had Just Prevailed In His Bloodsoaked Duel With Saudi Terrorist Financier Zizi Albakari. Now Gabriel 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 Citys Islamic Underground, A Plot That Is About To Explode On The Other Side Of The English Channel, In The Middle Of London.The Target Of This Plot Is Elizabeth Halton, The Daughter Of The American Ambassador To The Court Of St. Jamess, Who Is To Be Brutally Kidnapped. Gabriel Arrives Seconds Too Late To Save Her. And By Revealing His Face To The Plots Masterminds, His Fate Is Sealed As Well. Drawn Once More Into The Service Of American Intelligence, Gabriel Hurls Himself Into A Desperate Search For The Missing Woman As The Clock Ticks Steadily Toward The Hour Of Her Execution. It Will Take Him From Amsterdam To Germany To The Very End Of Denmark. It Will Thrust Him Into An Unlikely Alliance With A Man Who Has Lost Everything Because Of His Devotion To Islam. It Will Cause Him To Question The Morality Of The Tactics Of His Trade. And It Might Very Well Cost Him His Life.About The Authordaniel Silva Is The #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of Moscow Rules And 10 Other International Bestselling Spy Novels. Best Known For His Gabriel Allon Series, His Books Are Translated Into More Than 25 Languages. Silva Lives In The Georgetown Neighborhood Of Washington Dc With His Wife, Nbc Today National Correspondent Jamie Gangel And Their Twins Lily And Nicholas. Photo Of The Author: John Earle, Photographerfrom Audiofilein This Installment Of Daniel Silvas Bestselling Series Featuring Gabriel Allon, Art Restorer And Israeli Intelligence Agent, The Daughter Of The American Ambassador To England Is Kidnapped By Terrorists. Gabriel Arrives On The Scene Of The Crime Just Too Late To Foil It, But Hes On The Case. Phil Gigante Does A Fine Job With An International Cast Of Characters, Never Leaving Listeners In Doubt About Who Is Speaking In Conversation. He Also Reads The Narrative With Clarity And Verve. Admittedly, The Plot Is Improbable, But Thats Not The Narrators Fault. This Fine Production Will Appeal To Silvas Many Fans. R.E.K. Audiofile 2007, Portland, Maine Copyright Audiofile, Portland, Maine