In the shadowy world of hitmen, one man stands alone... He calls himself Columbus, and over the last ten years he has become one of the most feared and respected hitmen in the criminal underworld. He's proved his merit often, usually with a Glock semiautomatic, but also with his bare hands, the heel of a shoe, knives, even a sewing machine. He is the consummate assassin, at the top of his game, immune to the psychological strains of his chosen profession. He is what the Russians call a Silver Bear. He never knew his father ...
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In the shadowy world of hitmen, one man stands alone... He calls himself Columbus, and over the last ten years he has become one of the most feared and respected hitmen in the criminal underworld. He's proved his merit often, usually with a Glock semiautomatic, but also with his bare hands, the heel of a shoe, knives, even a sewing machine. He is the consummate assassin, at the top of his game, immune to the psychological strains of his chosen profession. He is what the Russians call a Silver Bear. He never knew his father or his mother, a prostitute who became dangerously involved back in the seventies with an earnest young congressman named Abe Mann, then a rising star in the Democratic Party. The magnetic Abe Mann is now running for the Democratic nomination in an exhausting presidential campaign, weaving his way across the United States. Columbus is not far behind. But as the Silver Bear closes in on perhaps his most important mark, the underworld he has ruled for so long begins to crumble around him...
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -The intense psychological portrait of a hitman--the anti-Jason Bourne--as he stalks his prey from Boston to LA. He wants you to know him maybe even admire him but only for his excellence in his craft. Perhaps he was even born for it. A natural killer his mentor--a middleman named Vespucci--said he was. He proved it with his first professional hit: a Fifth Circuit Court judge in Boston executed with a sheet of Saran Wrap in the stairwell of her own courthouse. He`s proved his merit often usually with a Glock semiautomatic but he`s improvised too with his bare hands the heel of a shoe knives even a sewing machine. He is the consummate assassin at the top of his form immune to the psychological strains of his chosen profession. He is what the Russians call a Silver Bear. He calls himself Columbus. It`s the name Vespucci gave him ten years ago when he discovered a dark new world of fences clients marks jobs jack. Not that his real name meant much to him anyway. He never knew his father or his mother a prostitute who became dangerously involved back in the seventies with an earnest young congressman named Abe Mann then a rising star in the Democratic Party. The magnetic Abe Mann has since become the Speaker of the House. He is currently running for the Democratic nomination in an exhausting presidential campaign weaving his way across the country. Columbus is not far behind. But as he pieces together his past and prepares the seamless assassination of his mark the criminal underworld he has always ruled begins unraveling violently around him. -> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Hodder & Stoughton The date of this copy is 2008 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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