Category: Barry Eisler

Genre: Thriller 1991 Former Marine, Carl Williams (aka Dox) is now home in a small town in Texas after spending two years in Afghanistan fighting with the Mujahideen against the Russians. Now….at home…..he has more difficult issues to take care of before heading out to Timor, Indonesia….family! Dad Roy is about to get out of…

Genre: Thriller After spending the last 10 years fighting in the Philippines, John Rain decided to come home to Tokyo. Connecting with an old contact to find work, Liberal Democratic Party fixer Miyamoto… Rain finds work…..and a whole lot more. “Zero Sum” is a fantastic prequel as we follow along with John Rain and how…

Genre: Thriller Note: Read “The Killer Collective” BEFORE reading the latest Livia Lone book “All the Devils” (see my review here). Several years after the events in “The Detachment” (see my review here), Rain, Dox, Larison, Delilah, and Horton are “retired” and wealthy. Treven is working for a private company and is doing well. Seattle…

Genre: Thriller This is the third book in the Livia Lone series. If you are anal like me when it comes to reading order, read “The Killer Collective” before this one as Livia was involved in those events and the early chapters of “All the Devils” refer to stuff I had no idea happened. Luckily,…

Genre: Thriller Living a nice restful life in Tokyo, John Rain, is going about his normal activities when he spots two beefy, military looking, guys watching him as he works out at the Kokodan. Rain has not killed anyone in a long time, but, his trouble radar is still intact as he decides to make…

Genre: Thriller Two months after the final events in the first book (“Livia Lone”). Livia (real name, Labee) has re-settled into her Seattle Police Department position in anti-trafficking. Livia is teaching a self-defense class when her boss, Lt. Donna Strangland, interrupts class to introduce Livia to Homeland Security Special Agent Benjamin Dixon Little. He is…

Genre: Thriller Re-named by Barry Eisler as “The Killer Ascendant” this is John Rain book #6. Rain #7 is up next: “The Detachment”. Ex-Marine sniper Dox has been kidnapped by ex-CIA, now rogue operator, Hilger. Hilger has a need for three people to die a “natural death” and since that is John Rain’s specialty, Hilger…

Genre: Thriller “And you accuse me of being in denial? What you do is like fighting a hydra. Everyone you kill, it creates two more. If you can’t see that, you’re insane.” Life’s reality for John Rain, assassin.  As much as he wants to quit the business, as much as he wants a “normal” life,…

I saw this visual on Facebook today and asked Barry if I could grab it and post it here.  He said yes, as long as I link the originator of this terrific graphic to the picture. I will do that and one better:  Thank you!  Stephen Frug (Web Site, Twitter), this is fantastic! To see…