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-Titulo Original : The Killer Ascendant (a John Rain Novel)

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Thomas & Mercer

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Previously published as Requiem for an Assassin Hunted and finally cornered, John Rain faces his deadliest enemy ever: himself. For Rain, “the most charismatic assassin since James Bond” (San Francisco Chronicle), getting out of the life was never going to be easy. But with a new identity in Paris, and the help of his lover, Mossad agent Delilah, he was beginning to leave the killing business behind. And then he receives a message from rogue CIA operative Jim Hilger: We have your friend Dox. Do as we tell you, or he dies. For a professional like Rain, the choice ought to be easy: do the job a series of three hits and save his friend and partner. But how does Rain know Hilger won’t kill Dox, anyway, once the assignment is complete? How does he know each of the hits isn’t simultaneously a setup for Rain himself? Most of all, how can he control the killing rage Hilger’s lethal game of extortion reignites inside him? From the deceptively tranquil beaches of Bali, to the backstreets and boulevards of Paris, to the urban canyons of Silicon Valley and New York and the old killing fields of Vietnam, Rain must grapple with his age, his enemies, and, most of all, with the killer inside himself in a battle not even Rain can hope to survive intact. The Killer Ascendant was previously published as Requiem for an Assassin, the sixth in the bestselling John Rain assassin series. From Publishers Weekly In Eislers predictable sixth thriller to star half Japanese, half American assassin John Rain (after 2006s The Last Assassin), Rains longtime rival, rogue CIA agent Jim Hilger, kidnaps Rains sniper friend Dox and threatens to kill Dox unless Rain murders three people Hilger wants dead. Despite his ambivalence about his chosen trade, Rain carries out the hits with little remorse. Rains adventures take him to the usual glamorous locales-Paris, London, Amsterdam-while throughout he remains nostalgic for his Japanese heritage. In a subplot, Rains Mossad agent lover, Delilah, enlists some Israeli colleagues in an attempt to foil a major terrorist plot. The revelation of why the three murder victims were selected comes as the books one real surprise. 150,000 first printing; author tour. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Pity John Rain. All the Japanese American contract killer wants to do is retire and live happily with his girlfriend, a beautiful Mossad agent. But little things keep getting in the way. For instance, his close friend and sometime partner, Dox, has been kidnapped. The abductor is Jim Hilger, a CIA agent whose schemes have been foiled by Rain a few times in the past, and who is now looking to use Doxs life as leverage to force Rain to commit a series of assassinations. But Rain is nobodys fool: he knows he cant trust Hilger to live up to his end of the deal, and theres only one way to make sure Dox stays healthy. Readers may wonder how many stories there are to tell about a hit man who wants to get out of the life, but so far Eisler hasnt run out of believable scenarios. This one is as good as its five forerunners, and heres hoping the author has a few more stories to tell. David Pitt. Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Review “Like McNab’s Nick Stone and Child’s Jack Reacher, John Rain is a classic character” The Times “... a terrific, fun read, full of modern spy craft (Eisler worked for the CIA for a while), exotic locales, hot sex and violence. Not to mention an extremely well-defined character in John Rain, who seems like a pretty good guy, given his career.” San Jose Mercury News “Eisler is exactly my kind of writer and his deadly main character John Rain is exactly my kind of guy highly recommended.” Lee Child From the Author Introduction to the New Edition As I mentioned in the new introduction to Redemption Games, every time I write a new