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John Rain is back. And “the most charismatic assassin since James Bond” ( San Francisco Chronicle) is up against his most formidable enemy yet: the nexus of political, military, media, and corporate factions known only as the Oligarchy. When legendary black ops veteran Colonel Scott “Hort” Horton tracks Rain down in Tokyo, Rain can’t resist the offer: a multi-million dollar payday for the “natural causes” demise of three ultra-high-profile targets who are dangerously close to launching a coup in America. But the opposition on this job is going to be too much for even Rain to pull it off alone.

After nearly dying while taking out a target in Hong Kong, Rain has a new employer, the Mossad, which wants him to fix a "problem" in Manila. He also has a new partner, Dox, whose good-ol'-boy persona masks a sniper as deadly as Rain himself. And he has a new hope: that by using his talents for something good, he might atone for all the lives he has taken. But when Rain's conscience causes him to botch the Manila hit, he finds out the next problem the Mossad wants fixed is himself. Is Delilah, his Mossad lover, coming to help him? Or was she sent to finish him off?

Even for an average citizen, a love triangle is dangerous business. For assassin John Rainn - "one of the most compelling lead characters in the genre" ( USA Today) it's going to be downright deadly. When Rain learns that his former lover, Midori, has been raising their child in New York, Rain senses a chance for reconciliation, perhaps even for redemption. But Midori and the child are being watched by Rain's enemies, and Rain's sudden appearance puts them in terrible danger. To save them, Rain is forced to use the same deadly talents he had been hoping to leave behind.

Seattle PD sex-crimes detective Livia Lone knows the monsters she hunts. Sold by her Thai parents along with her little sister, Nason; abused by the men who trafficked them; marooned in America...the only thing that kept Livia alive as a teenager was her determination to find Nason. Livia has never stopped looking. And she copes with her failure to protect her sister by doing everything she can to put predators in prison.

Ten years ago, the daughter of Homeland Security Investigations agent B. D. Little vanished into thin air. So did seven other girls - the crimes all bearing the same signature characteristics. Now the disappearances have begun again. And Agent Little’s efforts to investigate are being blocked by forces far above his pay grade. Desperate, he turns to Seattle sex-crimes detective Livia Lone, the most obsessive hunter of predators Little knows.

When a joint FBI-Seattle Police investigation of an international child pornography ring gets too close to certain powerful people, sex-crimes detective Livia Lone becomes the target of a hit that barely goes awry - a hit that had been offered to John Rain, a retired specialist in "natural causes." Suspecting the FBI itself was behind the attack, Livia reaches out to former Marine sniper Dox. Together, they assemble an ad hoc group to identify and neutralize the threat. There’s Rain. Rain’s estranged lover, Mossad agent and honeytrap specialist Delilah.

Torture. Ghost Detainees. And a massive cover-up that continues even today. Marooned in a Manila jail after a bar fight fatality, black ops soldier Ben Treven gets a visit from his former commander, Colonel Scott Horton, who explains the price of Ben's release: find and eliminate Daniel Larison, a rogue operator from Ben's unit who has stolen 92 torture tapes from the CIA and is using them to blackmail the U.S. government. But other players are after the tapes, too.

Dacă vrei să supraviețuiești atât de mult ca mine în lumea în care trăiesc, trebuie să gândești ca inamicul. Am învățat lecția asta de la bandele care m-au urmărit când eram puști și am șlefuit-o în Cambodgia. Trebuie să-ți pui întrebarea: Dacă eu aș încerca să-mi fac rău, cum aș proceda? Predictibilitatea este cheia – geografică și temporală. Trebuie să știi unde va fi un individ și la ce oră.

Cum ajunge legendar un asasin? In cazul lui John Rain, decisive au fost lectiile de tradare, lupte si iubire pe care le-a primit in 1972, in Tokio. Cartea raspunde la multe intrebari despre John Rain. De unde si cum si-a dezvoltat gustul pentru jazz si whiskyul de calitate? De ce a fost exilat atata timp din Japonia? Cum si-a dezvoltat abilitatile, dar si regulile personale dupa care avea sa-si conduca toate joburile?

Tema operei Asasinul din Tokio: Furia samuraiului este o situatie strict personala, care reprezinta o intruziune in viata profesionala a distributiei mele de asasini – practic, reversul subiectelor romanelor anterioare, in care situatia profesionala reprezenta o intruziune in viata personala.

John Rain isi doreste un singur lucru: dupa atatia ani traiti ca asasin platit, sa se retraga si sa locuiasca fericit impreuna cu frumoasa Delilah. Destinul a decis insa altceva… Un dusman demult uitat ii ia ostatic un prieten vechi si-l sileste pe japonez sa comita trei asasinate, care sa nu poata fi deosebite de niste decese naturale.

Afacerea asasinatelor are propria-i atractie gravitationala si daca te apropii prea mult, sau daca ramai prea mult in preajma ei, nu te vei elibera niciodata.

Am mers la un magazin cu articole pentru spionat din Shinjuku ca sa-mi cumpar cateva obiecte care aveau sa-mi fie necesare. Ceea ce oferea magazinul de vanzare aproape ca te speria: videocamere și microfoane mici cat gamalia de ac. Arme taser și spray-uri cu gaz paralizant. Freze diamantate și șperacle. Toate se puteau cumpara, desigur "exclusiv in scopuri educaționale". Eu m-am mulțumit cu un baston tactic ASP in stil Serviciul Secret – o chestie fioroasa ...

Eu si Delilah ne intersectaseram in Macao, unde am descoperit ca eram interesati amandoi de dealerul de arme Achille Belghazi pentru uciderea caruia fusesem angajat, dar pe care oamenii lui Delilah il doreau viu ca sa obtina de la el informatii importante. Intr-un final noi doi izbutiseram sa convenim un armistitiu fragil si lucrurile se terminasera bine. Ba chiar foarte bine, daca puneam la socoteala luna pe care o petrecusem dupa aceea cu Delilah in Rio, inainte ca amandoi sa revenim in lumile noastre diferite.

Traind discret si retras in Tokio, John Rain incearca sa-si evite vechea existenta de asasin, pana cand este abordat cu o oferta greu de refuzat. Rain si vechiul lui prieten Dox, alaturi de doi mercenari, sunt recrutati de colonelul Horton, faimos pentru operatiuni clandestine. Misiunea lor: eliminarea unor inalte oficialitati din guvernul american aparent asociate unei iminente lovituri de stat.

Dupa zece ani in care a luptat ca mercenar in Filipine, John Rain revine in Tokio, unde i se cere sa-l elimine pe ruso-japonezul Victor, care controleaza lumea asasinatelor din capitala Japoniei. Pentru a se apropia de acesta, intra in echipa lui si este trimis sa ucida un politician japonez. Rain vrea sa afle cine il dirijeaza pe Victor si de ce doreste moartea politicianului, dar dupa ce intra intr-o relatie sentimentala cu sotia celui din urma, lucrurile incep sa se precipite.

Cine era Delilah? In ce fel prezenta ei avea sa-mi afecteze operatiunea? Aceleasi intrebari, bineinteles, pe care si le punea si ea despre mine. Dupa felul cum se comportase, stiam ca era antrenata. De aceea, era mai probabil sa lucreze cu o organizatie, decat sa fi actionat intr-o misiune privata. Si ca, in ciuda aparitiilor publice, nu era prietena lui Belghazi. Il insotea deoarece voia ceva de la el, ceva care se afla in posesia barbatului sau despre care credea ca s-ar fi aflat in posesia lui, dar pe care nu izbutise sa-l obtina deocamdata

Detective Livia Lone ist zurück! Der zweite Band der fesselnden Thriller-Reihe von Ex-CIA-Agent Barry Eisler. Von Seattle fliegt Detective Livia Lone nach Thailand, das Land ihrer Herkunft. Sie soll hier eine Taskforce gegen Menschenhandel unterstützen. Insgeheim will Livia aber die Zeit für ihren persönlichen Racheplan nutzen. Sie muss den Drahtzieher Rithisak Sorm finden. Er und seine Mittelsmänner sind schuld am tragischen Schicksal von Livias Schwester.

Die unnahbare Livia Lone ist Detective bei der Polizei von Seattle. Und sie ist gut. Richtig gut. Spezialisiert auf Sexualdelikte, mit einem unbestechlichen Blick für die schrecklichen Begierden der Täter. Was niemand von ihren Kollegen weiß: Als Kind wurde sie mit ihrer kleinen Schwester Nason von den Eltern verkauft und strandete in Amerika, missbraucht von den Menschenhändlern, die sie ins Land schmuggelten. Seit die Schwestern getrennt wurden, ist es Livias Mission, Nason zu finden. Nie, nie, nie vergisst sie dieses eine höchste Ziel, während sie als Polizistin Täter hinter Gitter bringt. Oder direkt unter die Erde.