Books in the A John Rain Novel series

What makes a legendary assassin? For John Rain, it was the lessons of love, war, and betrayal he learned in Tokyo in 1972.Fresh from the killing fields of Southeast Asia, Rain works as a bagman under the watchful eye of his CIA handler, delivering cash to corrupt elements of the Japanese government. But when a delivery goes violently wrong, Rain finds himself in the crosshairs of JapanΓÇÖs most powerful yakuza clan. To survive, Rain strikes a desperate deal with his handler: take out a high-profile target in the Japanese government in exchange for the intel he needs to eliminate his would-be executioners.As Rain plays cat and mouse with the yakuza and struggles to learn his new role as contract killer, he also becomes entangled with Sayaka, a tough, beautiful ethnic Korean woman confined to a wheelchair. But the demands of his dark work are at odds with the longings of his heartΓÇöand with SayakaΓÇÖs life in the balance, Rain will have to make a terrible choice.

Previously published as Rain FallName: John Rain.Vocation: Assassin.Specialty: Natural Causes.Base of operations: Tokyo.Availability: Worldwide.Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. You tell him who. You tell him where. He doesn''t care about why…Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist—and the daughter of his latest kill."Eisler provides a cracklingly good yarn, well written, deftly plotted, and surprisingly appealing…Thomas Perry and Lawrence Block need not retire their hit men quite yet, but Eisler is clearly a challenger." —Boston Globe