From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train and Three Assassins, a propulsive new thriller set in Tokyos criminal underworld about the intrigue and tensions a family man faces as he tries to hide his secret life as a hitman
Kabuto is a highly skilled assassin eager to escape his dangerous profession and the hold his handler, the sinister Doctor, has over him. The Doctor, a real physician who hands over Kabutos targets as prescriptions in his regular appointments with him, doesnt want to lose Kabuto as a profitable asset, but he agrees to let him pay his way out of his employment with a few last jobs. Only the most lucrative jobs involve taking out other professional assassins, and Kabutos final assignment puts him and his familywho have no idea about his double lifein danger.
The third book in a loose trilogy set in Kotaro Isakas imagined Tokyo criminal underworld, The Mantis features all the hallmarks of his work that listeners have come to craveassassins with quirky codenames and modi operandi, action sequences, madcap energy, and razor-sharp humormaking the novel a frenetic audio experience that hurtles listeners toward a thrilling climax.
