Synopses & Reviews
Now Rain has a new employer, the Mossad, which wants him to fix a “problem” in Manila with the aide of his new partner, Dox, whose good-ol’-boy persona masks a sniper as deadly as Rain himself. He also has a new hope: By using his talents in the service of something good, he might atone for all the lives he has taken. But when Rain’s conscience causes him to botch an assignment, he finds that he’s the Mossad’s next target.…
Review
“HIGH-OCTANE ACTION.”—
South Florida Sun-Sentinal
“COMPELLING.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“EACH RAIN BOOK HAS BEEN SUPERB.…Eisler…fascinates with inside detail.”
—The Santa Fe New Mexican
“EISLER UNSPOOLS A PLOT FULL OF WARRING SECRET GOVERNMENT CONNECTIONS, cool spy paraphernalia, and vivid martial arts sequences.”
—Entertainment Weekly
Synopsis
Now employed by the Mossad to remove "problems" in Asia, Japanese-American assassin John Rain also has a new partner in former Marine sniper Dox. But when John botches an assignment, he finds himself on the run from both the Mossad and the CIA.
About the Author
Barry Eisler spent three years in a covert position with the CIA's Directorate of Operations. After leaving the CIA, he lived and worked in Japan, where he earned his black belt from the Kodokan International Judo Center. The Rain books-Rain Fall, Hard Rain, Rain Storm, and Killing Rain-have won the Barry and Gumshoe awards, been translated into nearly twenty languages, and been optioned for film by Barrie Osborne, the Oscar-winning producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.