Coverart for one of the books in Daniel Silva's seven part spy series, THE MESSENGER(2006).
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Universal Acquires Silva's SPY Series
By: Jarrod Sarafin, News EditorDate: Thursday, August 02, 2007
Source: Variety
Universal has acquired the movie rights to a seven part series of spy novels. Author Daniel Silva's spy books centering on Mossad agent, Gabriel Allon, who was part of the team which found revenge against the terrorists of the Munich Olympic Team killings. Allon, the leading character, retired back to the quiet life becoming a art restoration expert only to find himself pulled back into the spy business in many of Silva's novel concepts.
With the BOURNE movies (based off Robert Ludlum's novels) coming to an end, Universal has now found a new series of spy stories to center a franchise around.
Variety is saying that they will be adapting THE MESSENGERS first to the big screen even if it is technically the sixth book in the series. Pierre Morel will direct the adaptation.
Maybe it was just the stage of the series, where the main character was resolving a lot from his past. Granted, had I read the first four, maybe the resolution would've resonated more. The writing was fine, a page turning thriller, but the story underwhelmed me.
I hope the Messenger is a better tale.