The Detachment by Barry Eisler / Z-View
The Detachment (A John Rain Novel) by Barry Eisler
Paperback: 324 pages
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
First sentence…
“I hadn’t killed anyone in almost four years.”
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
When Colonel Scott “Hort” Horton reaches out to John Rain, Rain knows things are bad. Horton has learned of a plan to overthrow the United States government. In order to stop the coup, Horton wants Rain to team with three other assassins and take out the three high level government officials behind the plan.
The complexity of multiple hits, coupled with the big payday offered convinces Rain to team with a former friend and two talented, but unknown killers provided by Horton. Things go sideways and the new team is betrayed. Rain doesn’t know who he can trust. As the clock ticks down, the four assassins must figure out who the traitor is and still find a way to effectively end the coup.
Eisler is an excellent writer with skills enhanced by his experience in a covert position for the CIA and a black belt in judo. He’s especially good at bringing out the underlying tension when a group of mercenaries are brought together under circumstances where any one (or more of them) may be secretly part of the group they are working to bring down.
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