The Black Widow (Gabriel Allon, #16)

Posted on 17 July 2017 by Daniel Silva

A network of terror.A web of deceit.A deadly game of vengeance.Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is poised to become the chief of Israel s secret intelligence service But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.They call him Saladin He is a terrorist mastermind whose ambition is as grandiose as his nom de guerre, a man so elusive that even his nationality is not known Shielded by sophisticated encryption software, his network communicates in total secrecy, leaving the West blind to his planning and leaving Gabriel no choice but to insert an agent into the most dangerous terrorist group the world has ever known Natalie Mizrahi is an extraordinary young doctor as brave as she is beautiful At Gabriel s behest, she will pose as an ISIS recruit in waiting, a ticking time bomb, a black widow out for blood.Her perilous mission will take her from the restive suburbs of Paris to the island of Santorini and the brutal world of the Islamic State s new caliphate, and eventually to Washington, D.C., where the ruthless Saladin is plotting an apocalyptic night of terror that will alter the course of history The Black Widow is a riveting thriller of shocking prescience But it is also a thoughtful journey into the new heart of darkness that will haunt readers long after they have turned the final page. Free Read [ The Black Widow (Gabriel Allon, #16) ] by [ Daniel Silva ] – kino-fada.fr Daniel Silva has entertained and even educated us, throughout the last 15 novels featuring the brilliant and enigmatic hero, Gabriel Allon Israeli intelligence agent, super spy extraordinaire, art restorer, family man We have been taken on journeys to different places throughout the globe, met a cast of varied, interesting and compelling characters Creative and inventive plots filled with present day situations and past history that affects our lives today The Black Widow, the latest 16th b Daniel Silva has entertained and even educated us, throughout the last 15 novels featuring the brilliant and enigmatic hero, Gabriel Allon Israeli intelligence agent, super spy extraordinaire, art restorer, family man We have been taken on journeys to different places throughout the globe, met a cast of varied, interesting and compelling characters Creative and inventive plots filled with present day situations and past history that affects our lives today The Black Widow, the latest 16th book in the Gabriel Allon series takes frightening and believable to new a new level..the fictional events that begin with a shocking bombing in Paris that reveals the growing terrorist threat to world peace, take you to the dark world of ISIS, the disturbing brainwashing of young people to join a cause filled with hate and ...For over fifteen years, Daniel Silva has rewarded his readers with one of the best spy action heroes of the last half century Not only were the books page turning thrillers but they illuminated subjects such as the Holocaust and the Israeli Palestinian tensions.With Black Widow, Silva has departed substantially from his former format He has written an anti Obama Clinton political polemic with very little of Allon in the book It is fitting that the book blaming the rise of ISIS solely on Ameri For over fifteen years, Daniel Silva has rewarded his readers with one of the best spy action heroes of the last half century Not only were the books page turning thrillers but they illuminated subjects such as the Holocaust and the Israeli Palestinian tensions.With Black Widow, Silva has departed ...Another excellent high tension Gabriel Allon story, this onefrightening than most since it deals with current unresolved and perhaps unresolvable terrorist acts I won t sayabout the plot since I don t want to spoil it It s a good read.HOWEVER With one important exception, Silva repeatedly expresses great disdain for a not at all disguised President Obama, which I find overdone and offensive On the other hand, there is almost no criticism of Israeli actions which, in my mind, h Another excellent high tension Gabriel Allon story, this onefrightening than most since it deals with current unresolved and perhaps unresolvable terrorist acts I won t sayabout the plot since I don t want to spoil it It s a good read.HOWEVER With one important exception, Silva re...I ve been rereading the Gabriel Allon novels this summer, and, while I still find the early installments entertaining, it s been interesting to see how much Silva has grown as a writer The Black Widow is his best yet which is bittersweet, since it seems that Allon really is about to assume a less active role There s the sense, in this nov...A gripping spy thriller from Daniel Silva that reaches for heights set by John Le Carre but does not quite get there The Black Widow was my introduction to Silva, even though he s been a prolific author for years and I m a lover of spy novels and thrillers How I let this excellent writer go unnoticed for so long, I do not know I enjoyed the first quarter of the book thoroughly adored the second two quarters of the book then found the last quarter didn t live up to the intelligence of the mi A gripping spy thriller from Daniel Silva that reaches for heights set by John Le Carre but does not quite get there The Black Widow was my introduction to Silva, even though he s been a prolific author for years and I m a lover of spy novels and thrillers How I let this excellent writer go unnoticed for so long, I do not know I enjoyed the first quarter of the book thoroughly adored the second two q...I love Gabriel Allon and have read all of the previous 15 books, but I found this book tiresome for a few reasons First, Daniel Silva has apparently never met a non beautiful woman worth writing about As a female reader, this has gotten quite old by now Isn t it enough to make the new woman featured in this book a multi lingual, courageous doctor Can t she just be normal looking and still be worth writing about I ve found Silva s insistence on creating a world populated almost exclusively b I love Gabriel Allon and have read all of the previous 15 books, but I found this boo...Read this review andat www.TheRealBookSpy.comGabriel Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, returns to star in his sixteenth novel authored by Daniel Silva Set shortly after the events of last year s The English Spy, Gabriel is finally nearing the day when he will forever leave behind his dangerous work in the field to instead sit behind a desk as director of Israel s foreign intelligence service, known simply as the Office Gabriel, who apart from being the Office s most legend Read this review andat www.TheRealBookSpy.comGabriel Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, returns to star in his sixteenth novel authored by Daniel Silva Set shortly after the events of last year s The English Spy, Gabriel is finally nearing the day when he will forever leave behind his dangerous work in the field to instead sit behind a desk as director of Israel s foreign intelligence service, known simply as the Office Gabriel, who apart from being the Office s most legendary operative, is also one of the most skilled art restorers in the world Equally skilled with both a paintbrush and a gun, Allon begins this book by utilizing the former skillset to bring an old piece of art back to life.The painting, which longtime fans of the series will immediately recognize, could quite possibly be Gabriel s final restoration Apart from that, Allon plans to spend his last few days off with his wife and their newborn twins, Raphael, and Irene But just days before he is ...Wow A classic Daniel Silva novel the best yet Much has been made, and rightly so, of Silva s prescience However, like all good thriller authors who dive deeply into their characters and settings, it is possible to extrapolate a fictional but very credible future from the present as Silva has done here For example, in Strike Price, the Chechen in the opening scene was written and accepted f...3.5 starsIn the last few Gabriel Allon books the Israeli agent has been preparing to take charge of his country s spy agency, The Office Gabriel s just about to start the top job when ISIS terrorists stage horrific attacks in France and Belgium Several Israeli citizens, as well as Gabriel s friend Hannah Weinberg, are among those killed in France So Gabriel postpones his promotion once again to chase down Saladin , the ISIS mastermind who planned the bombings To get...Good plot and story, although the author s disdain for President Obama was distracting and tiresome.

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17 July 2017

Daniel Silva