Choke Point
- ISBN-10
- 0141017635
- ISBN-13
- 9780141017631
- Series
- Choke Point
- Category
- Americans
- Pages
- 454
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-02
- Author
- Barry Eisler
Description
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Macau, where John Rain is on a tough assignment: take out a ruthless and well-protected international arms dealer and make it look like 'natural causes'. Trouble is, there are others interested in the quarry - with motives to counter Rain's own. Tracking his man from the casinos of Macau to the alleyways of downtown Hong Kong, Rain will need all his formidable talents to survive. He must face beautiful and lethal foreign agents, martial arts experts - and, most of all, the possibility that his employers are not quite what they seem. tino ever got a crack at Bond, chances are the results would 'If Tarantino ever got a crack at Bond, chances are the results would resemble one of Eisler's novels' Entertainment Weekly 'With each book Eisler climbs ever further up the ladder of excellence with well-crafted plots and adrenalin-filled action scenes that keep the suspense razor sharp' Daily Record
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