The Mark of the Assassin

Michael Osbourne, Book 1

By: Daniel Silva

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

When a commercial airliner is blown out of the sky off the East Coast, the CIA scrambles to find the perpetrators. A body is discovered near the crash site with three bullets to the face: the calling card of a shadowy international assassin. Only agent Michael Osbourne has seen the markings before - on a woman he once loved.

Now, it's personal for Osbourne. Consumed by his dark obsession with the assassin, he's willing to risk his family, his career, and his life - to settle a score...

©2003 Daniel Silva (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The prose is slick, and readers will find themselves racing through these pages as the body count grows and the conclusion nears. The Mark of the Assassin is a worthy effort from a rising star." (Amazon.com review)

My first read of Silva

It was an okay book. Not great but not bad. Slow as hell in the beginning but overall pretty good. I'm going to try another one of his titles and see if it's any better. One thing is for sure, Michael's wife Elizabeth... biggest pain in the ass I've ever heard. Someone should have shot her in the book.

Great Story. POOR PERFORMANCE.

As a new fan of Daniel Silva I was disheartened when Christopher Lane started narrating. About a chapter in, I realized I would have to listen to characters that were either sniveling pretentious children throughout, a female assassins hi sounded like a whiny hooker, a protagonist sounding like Joe from Family Guy with a Stewie-sounding character thrown into the mix here and there for the English flair. The entire performance was anguish - happy that the story kept me. That said, if Christopher had been the performer in additional books, I’d have given up the series, indeed.

Classic Silva

Great book. As a fan of the Gabriel Allon series I found this as a refreshing alternate universe. The characters and scenes are as meticulously defined in the usual Silva manner. US political intrigue and end of the Cold War dramatics help to drive the story and make one want to rush to see what unfolds next.

Mr. Lane performed a masterful job as reader. The differentiation between the characters helped with the immersion into the world of Michael Osbourne.

Is this the beginning of Gabriel Alon??

I just love all of your books! I can’t listen to them fast enough. This one has a lot of similarities with Gabriel Alon…

Drivel

Awful narration. Gave up on this one when the fourth rate James Stewart impersonation began. What do these guys think a listener will do when they hear that? Wait for the John Wayne character to come along? Not me, I'm off. This narrator joins a growing black list of story tellers to avoid. Rubbish.