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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.

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x{0026}lt;p DON WINSLOW es el aclamado autor de veintiuna novelas, entre las que destacan x{0026}lt;i El invierno de Frankie Machine, Salvajesx{0026}lt;/i , que fue llevada al cine por el tres veces ganador del Óscar, Oliver Stone; x{0026}lt;i El poder del perro, El cártelx{0026}lt;/i y x{0026}lt;i La fronterax{0026}lt;/i , publicadas con gran éxito en todo el mundo, han sido adquiridas por FX en un acuerdo multimillonario para convertirlas en serie de televisión a partir de 2020. Winslow vive entre California y Rhode Island, y ha ejercido como investigador, experto en lucha antiterrorista y consultor judicial.x{0026}lt;/p