When the frightening identity of the assassin’s employers becomes clear, Osbourne puts himself and his loved ones in the sights of the most fearsome man on earth. As Osbourne gets closer and closer to the assas sin’s trail, his personal obsessions threaten to consume not only the investigation, but his marriage and family life as well. And among those victims was a young woman Osbourne loved years before. Osbourne recognizes the deadly markings as the work of a world class assassin, a man whose very existence has never been proven because the only people ever to have seen him became his victims. When Michael Osbourne of the CIA is called in to investigate the terrorist bombing of an airliner off the coast of Long Island, there is one relevant clue that drives him: a body found in the water near the crash site with three bullet holes in its face. Now, with The Mark of the Assassin, Silva firmly takes his place among the most compelling writers of his generation it is an unputdownable tale of power, politics, and intrigue. It was translated into over a dozen languages and went on to become a major international bestseller. Reminiscent of John le Carr ‘s classic The Spy Who Came In from the Cold,’ proved itself to be one of the most auspicious thriller debuts in years. Daniel Silva’s first novel, The Unlikely Spy, which Richard Bernstein of The New York Times called ‘briskly suspenseful, tightly constructed…
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