Requiem for an Assassin: Book summary and reviews of Requiem for an Assassin by Barry Eisler

Requiem for an Assassin Summary

When John Rain decides to get out of the business, his hand is forced by rogue CIA operative Jim Hilger. Hilger kidnaps Dox, Rain's trusted partner and closest friend, and offers Rain a choice: carry out a final assignment, or bear the responsibility for Dox's murder.

Requiem for an Assassin Reviews

"Eisler's predictable sixth thriller to star half Japanese, half American assassin John Rain." - PW.

"This one is as good as its five forerunners, and here's hoping the author has a few more stories to tell." - Booklist.

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Barry Eisler Author Biography

Barry Eisler spent three years in a covert position with the CIA's Directorate of Operations, then worked as a technology lawyer and startup executive in Silicon Valley and Japan, earning his black belt at the along the way. Eisler's bestselling thrillers have been translated into nearly twenty languages and have won the Barry Award and the Gumshoe Award for Best Thriller of the Year. Eisler lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and, when he's not writing novels, blogs about torture, civil liberties, and the rule of law.

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