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È l'autunno del 1951 e la Guerra di Corea è in pieno svolgimento. Nikolaj Hel, ventiseienne, ha trascorso gli ultimi tre anni della sua vita in una cella di isolamento nelle mani dei soldati americani. Hel è un maestro di hoda korosu, uno stile di combattimento che permette di uccidere l'avversario a mani nude, parla sei lingue e ha affinato uno straordinario "sesto senso", una sorta di acuta percezione di pericolo imminente. Ha insomma tutte le carte in regola per diventare il più inarrestabile assassino del mondo, e la CIA ha bisogno di lui. Gli americani offrono a Hel la libertà in cambio di un semplice lavoro: andare a Pechino e uccidere l'Alto Commissario sovietico di stanza in Cina. Quasi certamente sarà una missione suicida, ma Hel accetta. Ad addestrarlo per questa missione mortale è la bellissima Solange, una ex prostituta francese che, però, finisce con l'innamorarsi di Hel. Insieme, Hel e Solange si troveranno ad affrontare caos, violenza, sospetti e tradimenti, fino all'ultima fatale e inevitabile decisione.
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- Data di uscita: 09-02-2011
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There’s a popular website called Chuck Norris Facts that has funny sayings about how tough Chuck is like “When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.” and “There is no chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard. There is only another fist.” Well, if Chuck Norris ever me Leggi tutto
Don Winslow's followup Satori , the approved sequel to Trevanian's Shibumi . Like the previous book, it focuses on the assassin character Nicholaï Hel. The story covers a period glossed over in Shibumi after his release from prison when he is sent on a suicide mission inside of China. The sexism is a Leggi tutto
HOKI A Manny Rayner novel based on Shibumi The bell rang three times, two short and one long. It was the signal they'd agreed on. " Entrez! " said Rayner. " La porte est ouverte. " The man entered hesitantly, looking around with evident curiosity at the apartment's simple but costly furnishings. An elderly Leggi tutto
I read this with some trepidation since it is a sequel of Shibumi by Trevanian . It was quite good, a book I read back around 1980 once & still remembered fairly well 25+ years later. It's rare that an author does a satisfying job writing in another's place, but I think Winslow did fine in this case. Leggi tutto
it is not a great thriller, in many ways the plot is even cliche but it is well written even in places beautifully. Winslow have a great eye to catch places and to give them the right feeling. i am sure he love Asia. it is all over. i liked a lot his knowledge, his research, his understanding the sp Leggi tutto
In the 1970s, an author named Rodney William Whitaker wrote best-selling airport paperbacks under the pen name "Trevanian." His most famous novel was Shibumi , a thriller about a Japanese-raised son of Russian aristocrats named Nicholai Hel. The story was just a typical Men's Adventure tale about an Leggi tutto
Um, I haven't read Shibumi, the book by another author (Trevanian) that this novel is based on. I just may. I'm curious about it, even though I have mixed feelings about Nicholai Hel, the character Don Winslow has revived here. Nicholai Hel makes me feel a little bad about myself. Not because he's a Leggi tutto
This is a prequel to one of the best-loved thrillers of all time, Shibumi by Trevanian. Stepping in so many years later to reincarnate the hero-assassin Nicholai Hel is a massive undertaking. I can only imagine how daunting this must have been to Don Winslow, but he does a fabulous job. The characte Leggi tutto
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