Dynamic, tumultuous and explosive, An Honorable Assassin is a thrilling quest through Indonesia in pursuit of a shadowy terrorist. Steve Hamilton welcomes Nick Mason back after a long hiatus with a heart-pounding story filled with peril and intrigue.
Nick Mason finds himself in Jakarta, employed as an assassin by a shadow organization holding the well-being of his family over his head to get him to do their bidding. Namely, kill Hashim Baya, an elusive terrorist financier known as the Crocodile. But Mason isn’t the only one hunting him. Interpol agent Martin Sauvage is on a personal crusade to avenge his family who died in a terrorist bombing funded by Baya. The two are on a collision course with similar agendas towards different outcomes, competing to complete their mission before the other. Regardless, they better hurry. Because if they miss their opportunity, Baya will disappear, the world will still be at risk and Mason’s family will be squarely in the crosshairs of the very organization he’s working for.
Even though it’s seven years since the last book in this series, Nick Mason picks up right where he left off. He’s still an indentured servant, but instead of reporting to the head of a Chicago crime syndicate he’s now beholden to an ambiguous global cabal who will kill his family if he doesn’t play ball and complete the missions assigned to him. And this mission is a doozy – chasing a terrorist in a country he has no knowledge of, experiencing a culture he doesn’t understand, working with people he doesn’t know and can’t trust, and if he fails he loses the only people he loves. Which leads to Mason leaving no stone unturned and no roadblock decimated in pursuit of a successful assassination. But the one thing he won’t do is compromise his principles. Even if it divides his focus and makes the mission more difficult. Which increases Mason’s likeability and invites the reader to root for him despite his nefarious occupation.
An Honorable Assassin is fast paced, takes place in an uncommon location, and flirts with maintaining morality while steeped in a dark underworld of death and destruction. A fine resurrection of a series and a character that hopefully has a bright future ahead.
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