Assassin’s Dawn is a perfect single sitting read, with enough suspense, danger, and mystery to have you flipping page after page. When you come to the satisfying conclusion, you may just start it over from the beginning… it’s that good. In fact, the pacing and writing are so good that I was getting Daniel Silva vibes all over this novella.
While on a “routine” operation in Luxembourg to extract information from the laptop of a terrorist financier goes sideways, Slaton and his team are forced to exfil… but fate, and the possibility of revenge, don’t allow Slaton get too far. Signal intelligence indicates the man responsible for setting David on his path with Mossad is in the city. Orders or not, Slaton is going to do everything he can to track down his target.
This is the origin story that David Slaton deserved and fans of the series will absolutely love. In Slaton, Ward Larsen has developed one of the most interesting and enjoyable characters in the thriller genre today. To have a glimpse into his beginning is simply a treat to all thriller fans. Ward and the Slaton series should be a priority on anyone’s reading list.
For those of us who anxiously await Ward’s work each year, this novella is a perfect supplement to the series and gives you an even better understanding of what makes Mossad’s most lethal assassin tick. If you’ve never read any of the Slaton series this is a brilliant place to start and will set you up nicely for the rest of the series… which you will binge on shortly after reading Assassin’s Dawn (don’t say I didn’t warn you).
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