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The Fraternity Of The Stone

David Morrell · 447 pages

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A Lonely Resurrection

Barry Eisler · 286 pages

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Satori

Don Winslow · 504 pages

In a prequel to Trevanian's "Shibumi," amid the chaos of the Korean War, the CIA offers Nicholai Hel his freedom only if he kills the Soviet Union's Commissioner to China in Beijing, a mission that draws on all his strengths.

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Lone Wolf and Cub, Omnibus 1

Kazuo Koike · 712 pages

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The Enemy

Tom Wood · 572 pages

"Victor, a former assassin-for-hire, has joined forces with a CIA special unit. His first assignment: Three strangers. Three hits. Fast and clean. Victor's a natural for this. It should have been simple. But with each hit Victor is plunged deeper into an unimaginable conspiracy where no one, least of all the people he knows, can be trusted. With the stakes growing higher by the minute, Victor real

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The John Milton Series: Books 1-3

Mark Dawson · 710 pages

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Once Dead

Richard Phillips · 425 pages

Jack Gregory, the CIA's top assassin, went rogue after a mission gone wrong. When a confrontation leaves him bleeding out on death's doorstep, he is faced with an offer from a dark figure named Anchanchu. If Jack is willing to act as a human host for Anchanchu, the entity will revive him and give him another shot at life. Jack takes the deal ... but he must now face the consequences of having the

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Dead Eye

Mark Greaney · 279 pages

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The Ninja

Eric Van Lustbader · 512 pages

From postwar Japan's darkest corners to present-day New York City's most exotic private places, one man runs from his own past and from the cult of remorseless assassins, The Ninja, which embodies the more sinister side of the Samurai tradition.

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Noble Beginnings

L.T. Ryan · 233 pages

**THE CIA UNLEASHED HIM...NOW THEY WANT HIM DEAD.** *Some men are trained for war. Jack Noble was trained for something darker.* When a simple surveillance operation in Iraq goes violently wrong, Marine-turned-covert-agent Jack Noble finds himself caught in a deadly web of betrayal, conspiracy, and cover-ups. Branded a fugitive and pursued by the very government he served, Jack must rely on

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The Bourne Ultimatum

Robert Ludlum · 691 pages

David Webb must once again assume the identity of assassin Jason Bourne as he matches wits with his mortal enemy, Carlos, a deadly and elusive terrorist known as "the Jackal," in a final confrontation.

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Death of a Citizen

Donald Hamilton · 142 pages

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Murder's Shield

Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir · 154 pages

An army of renegade cops across the country have been assigned the task of squashing criminal cockroaches under their boots. It's a dirty job and the White House entrusts it to only one man - The Destroyer. Between Master Chiun's exquisite sense of justice and Remo Williams' knack for murder, they are ready to bring justice to town once and for all.

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The Nowhere Man

Gregg Hurwitz · 408 pages

"Spoken about only in whispers, it is said that when the Nowhere Man is reached by the truly desperate, he can and will do anything to save them. Evan Smoak is the Nowhere Man. Taken from a group home at twelve, Evan was raised and trained as part of the Orphan program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets--i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the

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In the Blood

Jack Carr · 459 pages

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Casino Royale

Ian Fleming · 194 pages

Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome, chillingly ruthless and licensed to kill. This, the first of Ian Fleming's tales of secret agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply "le Chiffre" -- by ruining him at the Baccarat table and forcing his Soviet spymasters to "retire" him. It seems that lady luck is taken with 007

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Without Remorse

Tom Clancy · 750 pages

Clancy shows how an ordinary man crossed the lines of justice and morality to become the CIA legend Mr. Clark. John Kelly, former Navy SEAL and Vietnam veteran, is still getting over the accidental death of his wife six months before, when he befriends a young woman with a decidedly checkered past. When that past reaches out for her in a particularly horrifying fashion, he vows revenge and, ass

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American Assassin

Vince Flynn · 435 pages

Follow Mitch Rapp, as he takes on his first, explosive counterterrorism assignment.

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Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 26: Struggle in the Dark

Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima · 312 pages

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Tokyo Black

Andrew Warren · 324 pages

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The Hit

David Baldacci · 400 pages

Skilled assassin Will Robie is asked by the U.S. government to track down fellow assassin Jessica Reel, who has gone rogue, but during his pursuit of Reel, Robie realizes that her betrayal may be concealing a larger threat that could impact the whole world.

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Wolverine

Chris Claremont · 144 pages

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Stieg Larsson · 602 pages

> Lisbeth Salander—the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels—lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have t

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Billy Summers

Stephen King · 608 pages

From legendary storyteller and No. 1 bestseller Stephen King, whose 'restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained' (The New York Times Book Review), comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job. Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He's a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he'll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants ou

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