About the Author

Barry Eisler spent three years in a covert position with the CIA's Directorate of Operations. After leaving the CIA, he lived and worked in Japan, where he earned his black belt from the Kodokan International Judo Center. The Rain books-Rain Fall, Hard Rain, Rain Storm, and Killing Rain-have won the Barry and Gumshoe awards, been translated into nearly twenty languages, and been optioned for film by Barrie Osborne, the Oscar-winning producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Reviews

"Stunning action...and a blood-soaked finale." New York Daily News"Furious and creative...the stuff great characters are made of." Entertainment Weekly"All in all, everything you'd expect from a cool guy like Rain." San Francisco Chronicle"

Having triumphed in Rain Fall and Hard Rain, John Rain is back-and desperate as ever to get out of the assassin business. But the CIA tracks him down in Brazil and convinces him to take on one more job. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.