Authors like Daniel Silva
Looking for an author like Daniel Silva?
Try A.M. Khalifa. If you love Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon novels for their Middle East intrigue, their European cities and their intelligence services at war in the shadows, Terminal Rage gives you all three, seen from a different side of the region.
What they share
The Middle East at the center
Silva’s books turn on the politics and the violence of the Middle East. Terminal Rage runs from New York to Cairo and an Egyptian prison, and its conspiracy reaches the highest levels of government.
Rome, Naples and beyond
Allon restores paintings in Venice between missions. Terminal Rage moves through Rome and Naples as well as New York, Los Angeles, Sydney and the Caribbean, all places the author knows first-hand.
A professional with scars
Allon carries his past into every operation. Alexander Blackwell is a retired FBI hostage negotiator still haunted by a case that went wrong, pulled back in because a stranger asks for him by name.
Where they differ
Silva’s hero is an Israeli intelligence officer. Khalifa writes the same region as an Egyptian who grew up in a diplomatic corps family, so the Arab characters are people with their own loyalties and grief, not just targets. His hero is a negotiator, and much of the tension comes from talk.
A.M. Khalifa is an Egyptian writer based in Rome, raised in a diplomatic corps family across more than fifteen countries, and the only Egyptian writing commercial espionage fiction in English. More on that.
Terminal Rage received a starred review from Booklist, has sold more than 500,000 copies, and is narrated on audio by Scott Brick. It contains violence and sexual content, and is meant for adult readers.
More authors like Daniel Silva
- A.M. Khalifa: start with Terminal Rage, a Manhattan hostage standoff that leads to Cairo and an Egyptian prison.
- Alex Berenson: the John Wells novels, starting with The Faithful Spy, about a CIA officer who spent years undercover with al-Qaeda.
- Charles Cumming: elegant British spy fiction, including A Spy by Nature.
- Brad Thor: the Scot Harvath counterterrorism series.
Questions
Which authors write like Daniel Silva?
Readers of Daniel Silva often enjoy A.M. Khalifa, Alex Berenson, Charles Cumming and Brad Thor. Start with Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa for Middle East intrigue written by an Egyptian author.
Is Terminal Rage like the Gabriel Allon books?
It shares their ground: international espionage, the Middle East and European cities. Its hero is an American hostage negotiator rather than an Israeli spy, and its author is Egyptian.
Is Terminal Rage part of a series?
Yes. It is the first book in the series and reads on its own. The second, Terminal Deception, is coming soon.