The Mantis (häftad, eng)

Good dad or good assassin? Can he be both?

From the internationally bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN: A seemingly ordinary family man tries to juggle his home life with his job as a hitman.

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Kabuto is an ordinary guy; stressed with work, hassled by his wife and disrespected by his sonNo wonder he visits his doctor so often. Except ''the Doctor'' is actually his handler, and Kabuto is a hired assassin. The ''prescriptions'' the Doctor hands over are his unlucky targets. Because although Kabuto may seem like a small man at home, he''s really good at killing people.

Kabuto is worn out with the business of murderHe''s trying to pay his way out of the Doctor''s employment with a few last jobs. But the most lucrative contracts involve taking out other professional assassins and his final assignment puts both him and his family in danger.

Picture a mantis raising up its bladesIt looks fearsome, but it''s still just a tiny insect. The mantis actually thinks it can win. Even though it''s tiny, it''s still ready to fight to the death.

''Unlike anything you''re likely to have read before...white-hot with double-crosses'' Financial Times, on Bullet Train

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