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The Marching Season

By: Daniel Silva
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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Daniel Silva’s novels immediately become New York Times best sellers. A former television producer and journalist who has covered assignments from Washington to the Middle East, Silva fills The Marching Season with the political suspense that churns through present-day Northern Ireland.

In 1998, as the Good Friday peace accords go into effect, world leaders hope for an end to the bloody Irish troubles, but terrorists are moving to shatter that fragile peace through a series of brutal assassinations. CIA Officer Michael Osbourne’s job is to stop October, their deadliest hit man. As Osbourne tracks the elusive October, he begins to realize that an even more powerful organization is using the terrorists.

In this world of espionage and counter-espionage, no place is safe, and no detail is too small to ignore. Frank Muller’s narration swirls the currents of danger and deceit around each scene in Silva’s compelling novel.

©1999 Daniel Silva (P)1999 Recorded Books, LLC
Crime Thrillers Espionage Historical Suspense Thriller Fiction Ireland Mystery
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Riveting plot

Would have enjoyed the book more without the 'f bombs' in every conversation Daniel Silva is a favorite and talented he does not need that level of profanity.

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Not Gabriel, but worth the listen

The plot was a bit over the top, but well written nevertheless. The hero is not as relatable as Gabriel Allon yet the villain is not as evil as some of Gabriel’s foes and an interesting twist.

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A good storyline

The story’s good, and it moves along well. The author should learn more about firearms, for instance stop saying that a suppressed pistol is silent. A person well trained would not intuitively slip their finger into the trigger guard when taking a gun. A few hi-tension scenes were not realistic in the protagonist’s ability to escape, but overall a good story well written, certainly better than much of what gets published. Agree with a prior reviewer that the narrator’s weak semi-whisper to end most sentences is distracting. But I made a conscious decision I wouldn’t let it bother me enough to stop listening. Good narration otherwise. I recommend this book.

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Not a big fan of the Reader!

A great story. I read that Michael Osborne may be back! I look forward to that! Having listened to the Gabriel Alon series, it was interesting to come across the CIA, MI5 and Mossad crossover. Maybe Osborne will make an appearance in an Alon story! I just was not 100% happy with the reader. Not unlistenable, but not up to George Guidell standards!

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Good conclusion to the two-part series

I enjoyed the story; not the narration, which I found monotonous. I sped it up to 1.3x, which made it much easier to take!

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Solid

Reads like a story. Not sure if there is any truth to this story or not. Good, not as good as Gabriel Allon books, but good.

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A Slight Stumble for Silva, but Still Intriguing

"The Marching Season" picks up where "The Mark of the Assassin" -- Silva's previous novel -- left off, continuing the story with all the same characters. (I think of them as basically one novel.) So, if you haven't yet listened to "The Mark of the Assassin," I would suggest that you do that first, before beginning "The Marching Season." Although here the ostensible peril shifts from Islamic terrorists to Irish terrorists, we know from the previous novel that the real culprits are to be found in the Society for International Development and Cooperation. This maybe-not-so-fictional league of powerful, wealthy, influential people is secretly pulling the strings, manipulating world events from behind the scenes, "in order to make money and protect their own interests." These movers-and-shakers have discovered that peace does not serve their financial interests as well as conflict. Accordingly, in "The Mark of the Assassin," the Society arranged an Islamic terrorist attack on the United States in order to generate spending for its arms-manufacturing, arms-merchant, mercenary members (sound familiar?). In "The Marching Season," the Society aims to thwart the Good Friday Peace Accord in Northern Ireland, so that the Catholic Republicans and the Protestant Loyalists will continue their centuries-long conflict.

Fans of Silva's subsequent Gabriel Allon series will notice a curious phenomenon in these two earlier novels: Ari Sharon -- director of Israel's Mossad, and secondary hero of the Gabriel Allon series -- is a member of the Society ... and, therefore, one of the bad guys. (The Society, and Sharon's membership in it, is never mentioned again in the Gabriel Allon series; nor is Michael Osborne, hero of both "The Mark of the Assassin" and "The Marching Season," although several of the other characters carry on into the Gabriel Allon series.)

I noticed that some of the previous reviewers of "The Marching Season" objected to Frank Muller's voice and narration. Muller -- who tragically died in 2008 -- did have a unique voice -- not to everyone's taste -- but, if you pay attention, you will begin to appreciate his superlative acting skill. In particular, I truly admire his ability to change voices instantly -- as when one character interrupts another in dialogue. I have never heard another actor accomplish that feat so well. I say, give Muller a chance. We sadly won't be hearing any more from him.

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Difficult narration

Narrator has an odd cadence that punctuates every sentence as if it were a novel in of itself. good story well written.

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Gabrielle allon is way better but this is still good....

This narrator is way better then the one from the previous Michael Osborn book… The previous book is annoying to hear his gay voice…

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Another Excellent Thriller Series

This and the 1st book are the start of another excellent spy thriller series from author Daniel Silva. He again incorporates real world geopolitical events/history for a backdrop of his at times flawed heros and evil but plausible villains. With great character development and threads that can extend from book to book this is a very promising start to his new series.

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