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This book comes/came very close to getting a 5 star rating. I'll tell you why I dropped a star in a few lines.
So...second book about Victor the Assassin. He's now, but wait if you haven't read the first book that might be a spoiler so, hummmm.....let's see.... He's operating a little differently than he was in the first novel.
Anyway, he's still an interesting character who's written well and draws the reader "right into his story". I suspect that even if you picked this up without ever having re ...more
So...second book about Victor the Assassin. He's now, but wait if you haven't read the first book that might be a spoiler so, hummmm.....let's see.... He's operating a little differently than he was in the first novel.
Anyway, he's still an interesting character who's written well and draws the reader "right into his story". I suspect that even if you picked this up without ever having re ...more
Forced to work for an unknown element at the CIA, Victor must take a more reckless approach to his job leaving caution to the wind. The CIA's plan to pit two arm's dealers against each other backfires when an outside foreign intelligence agency steps in and complicates Victor's already near impossible mission. As a result, Victor is forced to kill the team in Minsk that surprises him from behind on the top floor of the Europa Hotel. He has no idea who they are, but after some careful investigati
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I listened to this one a while ago. It was pretty good. I didn't quite like it as much as the first book, but I think the monotone voice of the narrator was a factor. A narrator makes or breaks an audiobook. I didn't get into the story quite as much as the first book. I still find Victor an intriguing character and he's extremely badass. And I do have to say, for a ruthless assassin, he has his own moral compass. Lots of globetrotting, and while Victor is highly formidable, he is in situations t
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I've enjoyed all of Tom Woods books thus far. I would have liked a little more character development of Victor. Overal a very entertaining read and I would recomend this series but the books can be read on their own.
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Vorweg eine Anmerkung:
Es gibt nur zwei Autoren deren Bücher ich auf Englisch - im Original - und auch auf Deutsch lese: Daniel Silva und Tom Wood. Nachdem ich The Enemy vor einer Weile rezensiert habe kam nun Zero Option (gekauft im Buchladen) an die Reihe.
Man sollte sich auf die Details / Detailgenauigkeit der Beschreibungen einlassen. Zur Kritik einiger Rezensenten, die mehr Background zu Victor haben möchten, kann ich nur sagen: NEIN! Das ist es doch gerade, was ihn ausmacht. Ein simples aber ...more
Es gibt nur zwei Autoren deren Bücher ich auf Englisch - im Original - und auch auf Deutsch lese: Daniel Silva und Tom Wood. Nachdem ich The Enemy vor einer Weile rezensiert habe kam nun Zero Option (gekauft im Buchladen) an die Reihe.
Man sollte sich auf die Details / Detailgenauigkeit der Beschreibungen einlassen. Zur Kritik einiger Rezensenten, die mehr Background zu Victor haben möchten, kann ich nur sagen: NEIN! Das ist es doch gerade, was ihn ausmacht. Ein simples aber ...more
Kindle Edition, published March 13th, 2012
Hachette Digital
There’s a huge difference between being a triggerman and being someone’s triggerman. Victor is understandably upset about the CIA holding him on a leash, but there’s not much the former freelance killer, now employee of the month can do about it. Three kills and you’re free to go. That’s what his handler promised him.
He hates a rush-job, much can go wrong, but even Victor couldn’t have foreseen the international hornets’ nest he’s about ...more
Hachette Digital
There’s a huge difference between being a triggerman and being someone’s triggerman. Victor is understandably upset about the CIA holding him on a leash, but there’s not much the former freelance killer, now employee of the month can do about it. Three kills and you’re free to go. That’s what his handler promised him.
He hates a rush-job, much can go wrong, but even Victor couldn’t have foreseen the international hornets’ nest he’s about ...more
I am always curious how an author will follow up a great first novel with his second. With Tom Wood's The Enemy I should have known it would be as good and even a little better than Victor's debut in The Killer.
Victor is a fascinating character. Very much the equal of Gregg Hurwitz's stellar Evan Smoak or Matthew Dunn's Will Cochrane. Two of my favorites.
At the end of The Killer, Victor is convinced through just a touch of blackmail to become an asset for a Deputy Director of the CIA who wants ...more
Victor is a fascinating character. Very much the equal of Gregg Hurwitz's stellar Evan Smoak or Matthew Dunn's Will Cochrane. Two of my favorites.
At the end of The Killer, Victor is convinced through just a touch of blackmail to become an asset for a Deputy Director of the CIA who wants ...more
Another solid book about Victor the Assassin.
Good book - lots of action. Then more action. Will also read the next book by Tom Wood about Victor.
Dec 30, 2013
Roger Weston
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James Roby
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Benjamin Quartey
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Alicia
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Feb 11, 2017
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