Prince Of Fire (Gabriel Allon #5)
by Daniel Silva
28.6.2012 to 3.7.2012
3.75/5 stars
It had been
a long time since I had read a spy thriller. I started my reading habits in
school with Frederick Forsyth, Robert Ludlums and others. Somewhere in the
middle I turned wholly towards detective thrillers. So, when I started this
book, I had a lot of expectations from Daniel Silva. By the end of the book, he
had managed to fulfill almost all off those expectations.
This book
is about the protagonist, Gabriel Allon, trying to stop a mysterious terrorist,
Khaled, from unleashing a wave of terror in European cities, on Jewish targets.
Khaled apparently, has a celebrated terrorist blood running in his veins. Gabriel
fails to stop him for carrying out his plot, but eventually manages to kill him
in the end.
This book
has a fast moving plot, but there is a certain lack of tightness in it. The
flow of events for the protagonist was to smooth, for my liking. There was no
visible offensive from the antagonist, until 2/3rd of the book had
gone by. I like a thriller where the hero has to overcome a few hurdles to get
to his target.
Another shortcoming
I found in this book was that Khaled, being a master terrorist, was not
developed nicely. His appearance in the book was very less, and left me wanting
to know more about him, his exploits, and his modus operandi. I felt, that all
the baddies deserved a little more exposure in the book.
One thing I
liked was the way in which the author connected actual historical events with
the protagonists in the book. Like the hero being involved in OPERATION WRATH
OF GOD and so on.
The writing
style was pulpy, the book had very few dull moments. In all, the book, in-spite
of the short comings, was a page turner. Definitely one of the better thrillers
I have read in recent times, looking forward to read more from the author.
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