Nicholai Hel exploded onto the scene in Trevanian's 1970s blockbuster SHIBUMI. Now critically acclaimed novelist Don Winslow continues the story and reveals how Nicolai Hel became the world's most dangerous assassin. The exciting reinvention of a hugely popular brand by one of the foremost crime writers in America will introduce Trevanian to a whole new generation of readers. No less gripping than Shibumi, Satori follows assassin Nicholai Hel across Asia as he fights to regain his freedom.
Don Winslow was shortlisted for the 2010 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.
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It's 1951 and Nicholai Hel has spent the last three years in solitary confinement for the murder of his mentor. A formidable assassin as well as a master of hoda korosu or 'naked kill', he has developed a supreme awareness of the presence of danger. Suddenly offered the chance of freedom, he feels it now as never before...Overseen by Haverford, his American spymaster he must go to Beijing and kill the Soviet Union's commissioner to China. In a landscape primed for war this is a suicide mission he has no choice but to accept. Can Hel succeed in winning his freedom and if so, at what cost? And can he ever achieve his ultimate goal of satori - the possibility of true understanding and harmony with the world?
Satori features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Satori is available in Paperback
Satori was written by Trevanian, Don Winslow and published by Headline Book Publishing an imprint of Headline Publishing Group
Satori has 537 pages
£9.89
