The Marching Season

By: Daniel Silva

Narrated by: Frank Muller

Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

Good story

Narrator is very breathy. A very annoying listen - I almost gave up, but I was eventually able to ignore it. Good story, if implausible.

Annoying narration

Too much whispering reminds me of Joe Biden
Accents were accurate but the dramatic whispering drive me crazy

Narrator performance terrible

Performer ends each sentence as if trying to make it sound important. This affect is enough to drive one away from the book. I would have stopped listening of this weren't a sequel to a Daniel Silva story

Interesting twists and turns but performance not so good

Silva put a lot of thought into the story and just when you think you’ve got it figured out there’s another twist and turn. What I did not like about this book though was the performance. The speaker and his raspy voice just didn’t play well with me.