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. It's certainly a "honeypot" maneuver, but she is independently minded, tough as nails, and just as storied as her male counterparts.Daniel Silva was born in Michigan in 1960 and raised in California where he received his BA from Fresno State. I was a little anxious that the female characters might simply be written as accessories to the males, but when Jacqueline entered the mission and owned it, I knew there was nothing to fear. It was never just a barista, it was an attractive barista, a blonde barista, a young and attractive barista as if it were imperative that we know about the physical attraction of every character, but Silva proves to be just as skilled at descriptors as he is at back stories.
They always carried a description of their appearance. And, even the most minor of characters (waitresses, people on the street, messengers) receive some description, but each time one came up I would giggle. In the beginning, Daniel Silva takes his time setting the stage and stakes for all characters involved, as well as secondary characters who have their own set of problems. Once the mission begun it was hard to pull away. This book proved to be a complex and ensnaring read. Pretty much every spy in this novel is a retiree brought back to action to settle old scores, and that includes Jacqueline Delacroix, a French model who used to work for the Office, and is brought back in to seduce a close contact of Tariq to uncover his whereabouts and strategies and perhaps to reconcile with Gabriel, a past flame dimmed, but not extinguished, by tragedy. Ari Shamron is the retired boss come back to run one last mission for the Office, a group of highly trained surveillance and assassin professionals that work in conjunction with powerful governments (not the TV show). Gabriel and Tariq have a deep past from decades ago, and Gabriel hopes that by taking down Tariq he can begin to move on from his past mistakes and miseries. Israel’s ambassador has been assassinated and it is believed to be by the infamous terrorist leader, Tariq al-Hourani. He's in the middle of restoring a masterpiece in a secluded town when his old boss Ari Shamron pays him a visit. Gabriel Allon has been retired from his "less than legal" profession for a while, choosing instead to make his cover profession his only one, as a restoration artist.
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