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Resumen del libro

Nicholai Hel returns in this prequel to Trevanian's landmark bestseller "Shibumi," one of the classic thrillers of the 20th century. Hel has the skills to be the world's most formidable assassin and now the CIA needs him.
A gripping thriller that follows assassin Nicholai Hel across Asia as he fights to regain his freedom. Sugamo Prison, Japan, October 1951. 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.

Biografía del autor

p DON WINSLOW es autor de veinticinco libros, todos aclamados por la crítica y premiados internacionalmente; siete de ellos han alcanzado la lista de los más vendidos de em The New York Times /em : em Salvajes, Los reyes de lo Cool, El cártel, Corrupción policial, La frontera, Ciudad en llamas /em y em Ciudad de los sueños /em . em Salvajes /em fue llevada al cine por el cineasta Oliver Stone, tres veces ganador del Óscar. Winslow, que antes de ser escritor fue investigador privado, instructor antiterrorista y asesor judicial, ha anunciado que em Ciudad en ruinas /em es su última novela.<br>