The Mantis A Novel |
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| Author:
| Isaka, Kotaro |
| Translator:
| Malissa, Sam |
| Series title: | The Assassins Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4197-6948-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2024 |
| Publisher: | Abrams, Inc.
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| Imprint: | Overlook Press, The |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.00 |
Book Description:
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From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train and Three Assassins, a propulsive thriller set in Tokyo's criminal underworld about the intrigue and tensions a family man faces as he tries to hide his secret life as a hitman Kabuto is a highly skilled assassin eager to escape his dangerous profession and the hold his handler, the sinister Doctor, has over him. The Doctor, a real physician who hands...
More Description From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train and Three Assassins, a propulsive thriller set in Tokyo's criminal underworld about the intrigue and tensions a family man faces as he tries to hide his secret life as a hitman
Kabuto is a highly skilled assassin eager to escape his dangerous profession and the hold his handler, the sinister Doctor, has over him.
The Doctor, a real physician who hands over Kabuto's targets as "prescriptions" in his regular appointments with him, doesn't want to lose Kabuto as a profitable asset, but he agrees to let him pay his way out of his employment with a few last jobs.
Only the most lucrative jobs involve taking out other professional assassins, and Kabuto's final assignment puts him and his family--who have no idea about his double life--in danger.
The third book in a loose trilogy set in Kotaro Isaka's imagined Tokyo criminal underworld, The Mantis features all the hallmarks of his work that readers have come to crave: assassins with quirky codenames and modi operandi, page-turning action sequences, madcap energy, and razor-sharp humor--making the novel a frenetic, unputdownable read that hurtles readers toward a thrilling climax.