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Killing Rain: John Rain Series, Book 4 (John Rain Thrillers)
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Freelance assassin John Rain returns for a fourth outing. He has a new boss, the Israeli intelligence organization Mossad; a new partner, the affable sniper Dox; and a new outlook: maybe killing only bad people will help him feel better about himself. The plan falls apart, however, when Rain botches his assignment and winds up on the run, from both his current employer and his former colleagues at the CIA. The Rain series has been compared to Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, but there's one important difference: Fleming never took Bond seriously, and Eisler takes Rain very seriously indeed. That's not necessarily bad, of course, but it may be easier to sustain the superkiller premise if you can laugh at it a little. Killing Rain is the weakest in the series, but it's by no means a failure. There's plenty of nicely detailed action here, and if the idea of a hard-edged professional killer with a conscience seems to be losing some of its oomph, Eisler is a skilled enough writer to resuscitate his hero next time out. David Pitt
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Pressestimmen
“HIGH-OCTANE ACTION.”—South Florida Sun-Sentinal
“COMPELLING.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“EACH RAIN BOOK HAS BEEN SUPERB.…Eisler…fascinates with inside detail.”
—The Santa Fe New Mexican
“EISLER UNSPOOLS A PLOT FULL OF WARRING SECRET GOVERNMENT CONNECTIONS, cool spy paraphernalia, and vivid martial arts sequences.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“COMPELLING.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“EACH RAIN BOOK HAS BEEN SUPERB.…Eisler…fascinates with inside detail.”
—The Santa Fe New Mexican
“EISLER UNSPOOLS A PLOT FULL OF WARRING SECRET GOVERNMENT CONNECTIONS, cool spy paraphernalia, and vivid martial arts sequences.”
—Entertainment Weekly
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John Rain ist Spezialist für "natural looking kills". In der drei vorausgehenden Bänden machte er das lautlos und mit superhohem Thrillfaktor. In "Killing Rain" verpasst ihm Autor Barry Eisler plötzlich einen moralischen Kater:
Auf der Jagd nach einem Israeli, der arabische Terroristen im Bau von Bomben unterweist, versagt Rains Killerinstinkt - weil er dem Mann in die Augen sieht . Und weil er plötzlich an dessen kleinen Sohn denkt statt ans Honorar und ans eigene Überleben.
Ich bin nicht sicher, ob ich die moralischen Bedenken von John Rain kitschig finde oder richtig. Sicher ist: So fugenlos spannend wie sonst ist das Buch nicht, allerdings immer noch noch aufregender als die meisten anderen Thriller. Die Schilderung der wichtigsten Schauplätzen, hier ist es Manila, Bangkog und wieder einmal Tokio, ersetzen nach wie vor jeden Reiseführer, solange es um die Schilderung von Stadtstimmung und typischem Ambiente geht. Insofern ist "Killing Rain" doch gelungen genug, um sich dafür ein ganzes Wochenende zu reservieren.
Auf der Jagd nach einem Israeli, der arabische Terroristen im Bau von Bomben unterweist, versagt Rains Killerinstinkt - weil er dem Mann in die Augen sieht . Und weil er plötzlich an dessen kleinen Sohn denkt statt ans Honorar und ans eigene Überleben.
Ich bin nicht sicher, ob ich die moralischen Bedenken von John Rain kitschig finde oder richtig. Sicher ist: So fugenlos spannend wie sonst ist das Buch nicht, allerdings immer noch noch aufregender als die meisten anderen Thriller. Die Schilderung der wichtigsten Schauplätzen, hier ist es Manila, Bangkog und wieder einmal Tokio, ersetzen nach wie vor jeden Reiseführer, solange es um die Schilderung von Stadtstimmung und typischem Ambiente geht. Insofern ist "Killing Rain" doch gelungen genug, um sich dafür ein ganzes Wochenende zu reservieren.
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Barry Eislers Geschichte über den Auftragskiller John Rain ist sowohl in deutscher Übersetzung als auch im englischen Original unglaublich spannend. Wer halbwegs Englisch kann, soll sich ruhig die Originalsprache gönnen. Man muss nicht allzu oft in ein Wörterbuch schauen.
John Rain ist ein extrem harter und eigensinniger Charakter, Mord ist für ihn ein Beruf. Sein Charakter zeigt trotzdem eine faszinierende und sensible Menschlichkeit. Die Geschichten um ihn werden mit jedem Buch interessanter. Er gefällt besser als der neue James Bond, der in eine ähnliche Charaktere entwickelt wurde. Die Bücher um John Rain wird jedem Leser gefallen, der sehr spannende Thriller in tollen Umgebungen gern hat, dabei eine literarisch-gepflegte Sprache des Autors mag, und dem Szenen, die den Mord detailliert und haarsträubend genau beschreiben, nicht abschrecken.
John Rain ist ein extrem harter und eigensinniger Charakter, Mord ist für ihn ein Beruf. Sein Charakter zeigt trotzdem eine faszinierende und sensible Menschlichkeit. Die Geschichten um ihn werden mit jedem Buch interessanter. Er gefällt besser als der neue James Bond, der in eine ähnliche Charaktere entwickelt wurde. Die Bücher um John Rain wird jedem Leser gefallen, der sehr spannende Thriller in tollen Umgebungen gern hat, dabei eine literarisch-gepflegte Sprache des Autors mag, und dem Szenen, die den Mord detailliert und haarsträubend genau beschreiben, nicht abschrecken.
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Yet another rock solid John Rain novel
28. Juni 2005
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Eisler's talents continue to shine in this newest novel about John Rain: He writes what he knows about, and he does it well.
In this latest novel, John Rain runs around Hong Kong, Manila, and Thailand searching for his latest victim - an Israeli explosives expert under the protection of the CIA. Who better to create an "accidental" death than John Rain. It's a busy ride, where the hunter and hunted are ambiguous, elusive loyalties are tested and you never know what turn is coming next. The climax is strong, but leaves you breathlessly waiting for the next one. (More Caffiene for Mr. Eisler - one a year is a fast pace, but we'd like them even quicker!)
Similar to previous books in the series, you'll finish this one within a day or two of buying it. (I picked it up at a signing on Friday and finished it by the following Monday) It's just too hard to put down.
One suggestion for the reader is to start with book one (Rain Fall) if you're really interested in the series. You can read this one standalone, but the history of Rain as well as the context of his personal changes play out over multiple novels. This is not as purely episodic as the James Bond series.
I really hope someone acts on the option to put this series on the big screen. Beat Takeshi - are you listening???
In this latest novel, John Rain runs around Hong Kong, Manila, and Thailand searching for his latest victim - an Israeli explosives expert under the protection of the CIA. Who better to create an "accidental" death than John Rain. It's a busy ride, where the hunter and hunted are ambiguous, elusive loyalties are tested and you never know what turn is coming next. The climax is strong, but leaves you breathlessly waiting for the next one. (More Caffiene for Mr. Eisler - one a year is a fast pace, but we'd like them even quicker!)
Similar to previous books in the series, you'll finish this one within a day or two of buying it. (I picked it up at a signing on Friday and finished it by the following Monday) It's just too hard to put down.
One suggestion for the reader is to start with book one (Rain Fall) if you're really interested in the series. You can read this one standalone, but the history of Rain as well as the context of his personal changes play out over multiple novels. This is not as purely episodic as the James Bond series.
I really hope someone acts on the option to put this series on the big screen. Beat Takeshi - are you listening???
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Eisler's John Rain remains compelling
22. Juli 2005
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Barry Eisler in creating John Rain has invented an assasin, a hit-man for hire, who thinks, who broods. Rain, the offspring of a Japanese father and American mother is a contemporary samurai who continually muses over his chosen career as a very high-priced, meticulous assassin. Rain has what many might consider "problems," such as lack of a permanent love interest and so on. In "Killing Rain," the fourth in the John Rain series, aging becomes another of his concerns.
Through a intermediary, a gorgeous Israeli intelligence agent who specializes in seduction to serve her country, Rain is hired to kill an Israeli who sells knowledge of explosives to terrorists. Rain has acquired a sort-of partner, known as Dox (as in "unorthodox"), a large, verbose American. Dox's specialty is as a sniper.
The two track down the target, Manny, to Manilla and in Rain's typically painstaking (and thrilling way) set the scene for his demise. The ambush goes wrong and among the dead are two men who might be CIA agents. Rain's concern for Manny's young son is what makes the assination go wrong. Rain has scruples: he isn't just anyone's murderer.
The beauty of reading Eisler is that he takes you into the very complex mind of John Rain and some of the people he interacts with. Their is Deliah, the beautiful Israel agent. Dox who appears to be superficial, but is not. Even with minor characters, Eisler manages to evoke depth in them.
The action moves from the Phillipines to China and is unrelenting. Now Rain and Dox are being hunted by the Israelis and a mysterious organization that may or may not be connected to the CIA.
It never stops. Eisler keeps pouring it on and Rain keeps thinking and thinking. And the reader keeps reading and reading until long into the night, unless they have a self-discipline I lack.
Eisler has created a grand character in John Rain, the assassin who thinks . . . and kills with mind-gripping perfection.
Jerry
Through a intermediary, a gorgeous Israeli intelligence agent who specializes in seduction to serve her country, Rain is hired to kill an Israeli who sells knowledge of explosives to terrorists. Rain has acquired a sort-of partner, known as Dox (as in "unorthodox"), a large, verbose American. Dox's specialty is as a sniper.
The two track down the target, Manny, to Manilla and in Rain's typically painstaking (and thrilling way) set the scene for his demise. The ambush goes wrong and among the dead are two men who might be CIA agents. Rain's concern for Manny's young son is what makes the assination go wrong. Rain has scruples: he isn't just anyone's murderer.
The beauty of reading Eisler is that he takes you into the very complex mind of John Rain and some of the people he interacts with. Their is Deliah, the beautiful Israel agent. Dox who appears to be superficial, but is not. Even with minor characters, Eisler manages to evoke depth in them.
The action moves from the Phillipines to China and is unrelenting. Now Rain and Dox are being hunted by the Israelis and a mysterious organization that may or may not be connected to the CIA.
It never stops. Eisler keeps pouring it on and Rain keeps thinking and thinking. And the reader keeps reading and reading until long into the night, unless they have a self-discipline I lack.
Eisler has created a grand character in John Rain, the assassin who thinks . . . and kills with mind-gripping perfection.
Jerry
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Killing Rain is one killer book!
23. Juni 2005
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For those searching for a little more action in their reading diet, you could do no better than Barry Eisler's Killing Rain (Putnam, $24.95), the fourth in a series featuring Japanese-American assassin John Rain, a contract killer who specializes in the "natural causes" hit.
Rain is hired by the Mossad to eliminate an Israeli arms dealer operating in Manila. At the crucial moment, though, the target's young son appears on the scene, causing Rain to freeze. The arms merchant escapes and Rain's hesitation haunts him, his conscience plaguing him for the first time with self-doubt.
After three action-packed adventures, culminating in last year's stand-out Rain Storm, Eisler has taken his latest book in a slightly different direction, focusing less on the adrenaline, and more on the psyche of John Rain. The result is a more introspective and deeply nuanced story, and a richer look into the heart and mind of this compelling killer.
Even given that change of focus, Killing Rain still features plenty of thrills and tense moments, as well as the beautifully rendered exotic settings that have become the series' trademark. All in all, Killing Rain is a satisfying step forward for one of the genre's most gifted writers.
Rain is hired by the Mossad to eliminate an Israeli arms dealer operating in Manila. At the crucial moment, though, the target's young son appears on the scene, causing Rain to freeze. The arms merchant escapes and Rain's hesitation haunts him, his conscience plaguing him for the first time with self-doubt.
After three action-packed adventures, culminating in last year's stand-out Rain Storm, Eisler has taken his latest book in a slightly different direction, focusing less on the adrenaline, and more on the psyche of John Rain. The result is a more introspective and deeply nuanced story, and a richer look into the heart and mind of this compelling killer.
Even given that change of focus, Killing Rain still features plenty of thrills and tense moments, as well as the beautifully rendered exotic settings that have become the series' trademark. All in all, Killing Rain is a satisfying step forward for one of the genre's most gifted writers.
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