The Killer Ascendant - (John Rain Novel) by Barry Eisler (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Blackmailed by a rogue CIA operative to carry out three assassinations or see his best friend murdered, reluctant killer-for-hire John Rain struggles with moral dilemmas as well as his growing certainty that the operative is hiding a more sinister agenda.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Previously published as <i>Requiem for an Assassin</i></b></p><p>Hunted and finally cornered, John Rain faces his deadliest enemy ever: himself.</p><p>For Rain, "the most charismatic assassin since James Bond" (<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>), 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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?</p><p>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.</p><p><i>The Killer Ascendant</i> was previously published as <i>Requiem for an Assassin</i>, the sixth in the bestselling John Rain assassin series.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Like McNab's Nick Stone and Child's Jack Reacher, John Rain is a classic character" <b>--<i>The Times</i></b></p><p>"... 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." <b>--San Jose Mercury News</b></p><p>"Eisler is exactly my kind of writer and his deadly main character John Rain is exactly my kind of guy--highly recommended." <b>--Lee Child</b></p><br>
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