This novel is a tender valentine to the noblest elements of the catholic church. Equal to the davinci code. Gabriel allon is an admirable character, involved in religious controversies. The order describes judaism and catholicism asbi was taught in en...  Read More

David silva writes beautifully and has created a community of characters that are easy to care about. Silva's series are always very readable and interesting. His stories are so well-constructed.

His repeated condescending descriptions of tourist and characters who came from rural backgrounds, is insufferable. He even strangely cites the new york times writer paul krugman. Enough of this one-man vendetta against proper writing ethics and respe...  Read More

The order is a terrible disappointment for a former fan of daniel silva's gabriel allon spy thrillers. Gabriel is not interesting in late middle age (really, elderly), and as chief of the office. This book #20 is silva’s worst book - until you get to ...  Read More

The original premise of his interesting italian art-restorer secret identity was blown a while back in the series. The characters are almost cartoonish in their portrayal.

Anti-semitism has never been a part of my consciousness when viewing different ethnicities (i find different cultures legitimately fascinating) silva blames 2,000 years of anti-semitism on matthew 27:25, which says that the jewish crowd told pilate th...  Read More