Bestselling novelist Daniel Silva (author of The Unlikely Spy) draws
upon his experience as a foreign correspondent and a Washington
journalist in The Mark of the Assassin. Set in London, Cairo,
Amsterdam, and Washington, the story line follows CIA case agent
Michael Osbourne as he attempts to locate the terrorists who shot down
an airliner off the coast of Long Island. Osbourne has two main
antagonists: Delaroche, a KGB-trained expert assassin ordered to kill
the handful of people who know the truth, including Osbourne, and the
corrupt political culture of Washington, which ominously stymies him at
every turn. There's a love story at the core of The Mark of the
Assassin, as well as a brave attempt by Osbourne to reconcile a mystery
in his past with a present he has not fully accepted. 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.