num_pages: 288
description: Returning to Tokyo in 1982 after a decade of mercenary work in the Philippines a young John Rain learns that the killing business is now controlled by Victor a half-Russian half-Japanese sociopath who has ruthlessly eliminated all potential challengers. Victor gives Rain a choice: kill a government minister or die a grisly death. But the best route to the minister is through his gorgeous Italian wife Maria a route that puts Rain on a collision course not only with Victor but with the shadowy forces behind the Russians rise to dominanceand the longings of Rains own conflicted heart.Its a battle between kingpin and newcomer master and apprentice a zero-sum contest that can only end with one man dead and the other the worlds foremost assassin.
language: English
title: Zero Sum
publisher: Thomas & Mercer