''The Marching Season'' is a 1999

spy fiction Spy fiction is a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device. It emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by rivalries and intrigues between the major powers, and the establishment of modern intellig ...

novel by Daniel Silva. It is the sequel to '' The Mark of the Assassin'' by the same author.

Plot summary

Former Agent Michael Osbourne is re-recruited by the

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when his father-in-law Douglas Cannon, the new ambassador to the Court of St. James, is sent to the

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to promote the peace process between

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s and

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s of

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, which has been jeopardized by three bloody attempts to derail them. Michael must once again face the elusive and lethal

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-trained assassin October, with whom he has unfinished business.

International titles

Portuguese: ''A Marcha''. (''The March''). (2011).

References

1998 American novels American spy novels Novels by Daniel Silva Novels set in Northern Ireland Sequel novels {{1990s-spy-novel-stub