Satori
A novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
Sugamo Gefängnis, Japan, Oktober 1951.Nicholai Hel sitzt seit 3 Jahren wegen Mordes an seinem Mentor in Isolationshaft als sich ihm die Chance auf Freiheit bietet. Der Preis: Der Mord an einem ranghohen sowjetischen Kommisar.
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Sugamo Gefängnis, Japan, Oktober 1951.Nicholai Hel sitzt seit 3 Jahren wegen Mordes an seinem Mentor in Isolationshaft als sich ihm die Chance auf Freiheit bietet. Der Preis: Der Mord an einem ranghohen sowjetischen Kommisar.
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A gripping thriller that follows assassin Nicholai Hel across Asia as he fights to regain his freedom.Sugamo Prison, Japan, October 1951. Nicholai Hel has spent the last three years in solitary confinement for the murder of his mentor. A formidable assassin as well as a master of hoda korosu or 'naked kill', he has developed a supreme awareness of the presence of danger. Suddenly offered the chance of freedom, he feels it now as never before...
Overseen by Haverford, his American spymaster he must go to Beijing and kill the Soviet Union's commissioner to China. In a landscape primed for war this is a suicide mission he has no choice but to accept.
Can Hel succeed in winning his freedom and if so, at what cost? And can he ever achieve his ultimate goal of satori - the possibility of true understanding and harmony with the world?
Autoren-Porträt von Don Winslow
Trevanian,Trevanian was the pen name of Dr Rodney William Whitaker. After exploding onto the bestseller lists with two thrillers, THE EIGER SANCTION (1972) and THE LOO SANCTION (1973), Trevanian followed with the bestsellers THE MAIN (1976), SHIBUMI (1979) and THE SUMMER OF KATYA (1983). After a fifteen year absence he reappeared as an author with INCIDENT AT TWENTY-MILE (1998), HOTNIGHT IN THE CITY (2000) and THE CRAZY LADIES OF PEARL STREET (2005). He died in 2005.
Winslow, Don
Don Winslow was born in New York City but was raised in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. His books include The Power of the Dog and The Life and Death of Bobby Z. Winslow has been an actor, director, movie theatre manager, safari guide and private investigator. He lives in the San Diego area with his family.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Don Winslow
- 2011, 544 Seiten, Maße: 11,2 x 18,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Vorlage: Trevanian
- Verlag: Headline
- ISBN-10: 0755385969
- ISBN-13: 9780755385966
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Satori “
'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
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