Satori - Hardcover

Winslow, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446561924 ISBN 13: 9780446561921

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 2011

Synopsis

Prepare to meet the world's most dangerous man . . .

Nicholai Hel-genius, mystic, and the perfect, formidable assassin-was first introduced to readers in Shibumi, the classic #1 bestseller by master storyteller Trevanian. Now critically acclaimed author Don Winslow continues Hel's story for the first time in this all-new, blockbuster thriller.

SATORI

It is the fall of 1951, and the Korean War is raging. Twenty-six-year-old Nicholai Hel has spent the last three years in solitary confinement at the hands of the Americans. Hel is a master of hoda korosu, or "naked kill," is fluent in seven languages, and has honed extraordinary "proximity sense"-an extra-awareness of the presence of danger. He has the skills to be the world's most fearsome assassin and now the CIA needs him.

The Americans offer Hel freedom, money, and a neutral passport in exchange for one small service: to go to Beijing and kill the Soviet Union's commissioner to China. It's almost certainly a suicide mission, but Hel accepts. Now he must survive chaos, violence, suspicion, and betrayal while trying to achieve his ultimate goal of satori-the possibility of true understanding and harmony with the world.

About this title

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Review:

'Elegant, well-researched, and magnificently plotted, Satori is exhilarating' ( LA Times )

'Satori is every bit as tait, intelligent and gripping as the book that captured the imagination of millions in the seventies' ( Choice )

'A sprawling, effervescent, page-turning account of how the assassin was made' ( Observer )

'Sleek, smart and deadly. Satori is a must-read' (Joseph Finder)

'An accomplished page-turning prequel' ( Wall Street Journal )

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0446561924
• ISBN 13: 9780446561921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 504