The Detachment by Barry Eisler
In The Detachment, Barry Eisler has his memorable John Rain character (a Japanese/American hitman) and sniper friend Dox join forces in a very uneasy alliance with Ben Trevan, Daniel Larison and Scott Horton from his recent Inside Out.
Horton convinces the team they're helping him save America from a shady conspiracy, but once they start killing for him, the boys become suspicious of Horton's real agenda. And, by the way, there are $25 million in diamonds in play. Plus there's a distinct possibility that one member of this not-so-merry band of brothers will kill the others and disappear into the sunset. With the diamonds. All in all, quite the page turner.
I find the character of John Rain fascinating. He's very good at his job--killing and making it seem like a natural death. But he can't stop thinking about all the grieving families his killings have left behind. And in his own way, on this adventure, he's trying to make up for what's done.
Horton convinces the team they're helping him save America from a shady conspiracy, but once they start killing for him, the boys become suspicious of Horton's real agenda. And, by the way, there are $25 million in diamonds in play. Plus there's a distinct possibility that one member of this not-so-merry band of brothers will kill the others and disappear into the sunset. With the diamonds. All in all, quite the page turner.
I find the character of John Rain fascinating. He's very good at his job--killing and making it seem like a natural death. But he can't stop thinking about all the grieving families his killings have left behind. And in his own way, on this adventure, he's trying to make up for what's done.
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