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Barry Eisler

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Barry Eisler, born 1964 in New Jersey, USA, is the author of a best-selling series of novels starring the anti-hero John Rain, a half-Japanese, half-American former CIA-operative turned freelance assassin.

The stories are set around the world and reflect (both Eisler and Rain's) CIA experience, martial arts training, and love of good Scotch.

Available Books by Barry Eisler

A John Rain Novel: Rain Fall by Barry Eisler

A John Rain Novel: Rain Fall
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141010106
RRP: $19.95

The first novel featuring John Rain. Meet John Rain - special forces turned assassin - a man with a tortured past and an uncertain future. Few know who he is or what he does, and that's how it has to be. In his line of work enemies are inevitable, no matter how good you are and any attachment is a weakness. But when the death of a stranger on a crowded subway threatens Rain's carefully m...



Inside Out by Barry Eisler

Inside Out
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780345505118
RRP: $10.95

Reluctantly agreeing to work unofficially for his old commander in order to clear himself of a legal dilemma, Ben Treven investigates the whereabouts of secret CIA tapes showing U.S. soldiers committing torture, records that a twisted bomb expert is using to blackmail the government. Reprint....

Fault Line by Barry Eisler

Fault Line
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780345505095
RRP: $10.95

When a client is murdered and he himself is attacked, attorney Alex Treven reluctantly turns to his estranged older brother, Ben, an undercover agent in the War on Terror, but their long-simmering resentments threaten to erupt when Ben meets Sarah Hosseini, a beautiful legal associate whom Alex cares for and Ben does not trust. Reprint. A best-selling thriller....

Fault Line by Barry Eisler

Fault Line
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780739328330
RRP: $32.95

When an inventor client is murdered and he himself is attacked, attorney Alex Treven reluctantly turns for help to his estranged older brother, Ben, an undercover agent in the War on Terror....

Requiem For An Assassin by Barry Eisler

Requiem For An Assassin
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451412577
RRP: $10.95

Blackmailed by a rogue CIA operative to carry out three assassinations or see his best friend murdered, reluctant killer-for-hire John Rain struggles with moral dilemmas as well as his growing certainty that the operative is hiding a more sinister agenda. Reprint....

The Last Assassin by Barry Eisler

The Last Assassin
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451412409
RRP: $10.95

Hoping to reconcile with the mother of his child, reluctant contract killer John Rain inadvertently places them in the path of dangerous enemies and is forced to recruit the help of his nemesis from the Japanese FBI and an ex-Marine sniper. Reprint....

Killing Rain by Barry Eisler

Killing Rain
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451412188
RRP: $10.95

Hired by the Mossad to perform a series of strategic assassinations in Asia, John Rain, accompanied by ex-Marine Dox, inadvertently botches the assignment and finds himself seeking assistance from alluring Israeli agent Delilah. Reprint....

Rain Storm by Barry Eisler

Rain Storm
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451215505
RRP: $10.95

Accepting an assignment from the CIA to take out an arms dealer who is supplying criminal groups in Southeast Asia, assassin-for-hire John Rain finds the job compromised by a rival assassin and the fear that he is being set up. Reprint....

Facing Violence by Barry Eisler

Facing Violence
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781594392139
RRP: $24.95

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Hard Rain by Barry Eisler

Hard Rain
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451212467
RRP: $10.95

Trying to end his career as a hired assassin, Japanese American John Rain goes underground, only to be approached by Japanese FBI agent Tatsu to eliminate a sociopathic killer who could tip the balance of power in Japan toward the mafia. Reprint....

Rain Fall by Barry Eisler

Rain Fall
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451209153
RRP: $10.95

A Japanese-American assassin who specializes in "natural cause" killings finds his carefully ordered world coming under siege in the wake of a government official's murder, with which he has been falsely connected, a situation that is complicated by his attraction to the victim's daugher. Reprint....

The Detachment by Barry Eisler

The Detachment
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781612181554
RRP: $19.95

When John Rain is hired to kill three high profile targets, he assembles a team of other deniable irregulars to help him survive the opposition and succeed in completing the job....



Currently unavailable...

A John Rain Novel: Hard Rain by Barry Eisler

A John Rain Novel: Hard Rain
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718146924

The second novel featuring John Rain. John Rain is back . . . After killing a CIA officer who had hunted him halfway around the globe, John Rain goes underground, hoping to disappear, seeking the peace that has eluded him. But then Rain's old nemesis from the Tokyo FBI finds him, forcing him into one last job: track down and eliminate a killer a large, a creature with neither compassion or ...

Blood From Blood by Barry Eisler

Blood From Blood
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141026060

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Choke Point: A John Rain Thriller by Barry Eisler

Choke Point: A John Rain Thriller
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141017631

The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Macau, where John Rain is on a tough assignment: take out a ruthless and well-protected international arms dealer and make it look like 'natural causes'. Trouble is, there are others interested in the quarry with motives to counter Rain's own. Tracking his man from the casinos of Macau to the alleyways of downtown Hong Kong, Rain will need all his form...

Fault Line by Barry Eisler

Fault Line
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780345505088

When an inventor client is murdered and he himself is attacked, attorney Alex Treven reluctantly turns for help to his estranged older brother, Ben, an undercover agent in the War on Terror....

Hard Rain by Barry Eisler

Hard Rain
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141010113

John Rain has gone to ground. He's had enough of doing people's dirty work for them - he's had his fill of killing. Yet when his old nemesis tracks him down, he is forced to do his bidding. Powerful, secretive elements threaten to bring down the government - and Rain must stop them the only way he knows how. Getting involved will expose his few friends and contacts to extreme danger. ...

Inside Out by Barry Eisler

Inside Out
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780345505101

Reluctantly agreeing to work unofficially for his old commander in order to clear himself of a legal dilemma, Ben Treven investigates the whereabouts of secret CIA tapes showing U.S. soldiers committing torture, records that a twisted bomb expert is using to blackmail the government....

One Last Kill by Barry Eisler

One Last Kill
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141025933

"Killing isn't the hard part. Anger pumps you up, panic cancels consideration, you grab the gun, close your eyes, pull the trigger . . ." Freelance assassin John Rain knows everything there is to know about killing. But when he freezes on the job because of the unexpected appearance of a child, his hesitation nearly gets him and his partner Dox killed. Worse, Rain's employer of th...

One Last Kill by Barry Eisler

One Last Kill
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718148980

Assassin John Rain has a new employer the Mossad which wants him to fix a 'problem' in Manila and a new partner Dox whose good ol boy persona masks a sniper as deadly as Rain himself. He also has a new hope: that by using his talents in the service of something good he might atone for all the lives he has already taken. But when Rain's conscience causes him to botch an assignment, he f...

Rain Fall by Barry Eisler

Rain Fall
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718145576

The first novel featuring John Rain. Government spook turned freelance, soldier turned honourable assassin - whichever way you cut it, John Rain is a dangerous man. Haunted by his past, facing a barren future as an anonymous specialist in an amoral business, Rain kills to order and leaves no traces. Few know who he is or what he does and that's how it has to be. In his line of work you'r...

Rain Storm by Barry Eisler

Rain Storm
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141022079

Government assassin John Rain is a man trying to leave his violent past behind. But after tracking him down in Brazil, his former employers, the CIA, persuade him to take on a high-risk assignment - and one to which his particular skills are well suited: to terminate with extreme prejudice a man who deserves to die. For Rain the death of an evil man offers a shot at redemption. But before he can ...

Requiem for an Assassin by Barry Eisler

Requiem for an Assassin
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780718148959

For master assassin John Rain, getting out of 'the life' was never going to be easy. But with a new identity in Paris, and the help of his lover, Mossad agent Delilah, he was hoping to leave the killing business behind. Then he receives a message from rogue CIA operative Jim Hilger: We have your friend Dox. Do as we tell you, or the sniper dies. The choice ought to be easy: do the job ...

Requiem For An Assassin by Barry Eisler

Requiem For An Assassin
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718148966

For master assassin John Rain, getting out of 'the life' was never going to be easy. But with a new identity in Paris, and the help of his lover, Mossad agent Delilah, he was hoping to leave the killing business behind. Then he receives a message from rogue CIA operative Jim Hilger: We have your friend Dox. Do as we tell you, or the sniper dies. The choice ought to be easy: do the job ...

Requiem for an Assassin: A John Rain Thriller by Barry Eisler

Requiem for an Assassin: A John Rain Thriller
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141025926

'I should have known they'd get to me through Dox. He was no soft target, true, but he was easier than I am, and a little easier is sometimes all it takes . . .' Finally, they've found a way to get John Rain back in the business. The ex-assassin and career loner has been giving normal life a try: living with Mossad agent Delilah in Paris, keeping a low profile, not killing anyon...

The Last Assassin by Barry Eisler

The Last Assassin
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141025940

When John Rain learns that his former lover, Midori, has been raising their child in New York, he senses a chance for reconciliation, perhaps even redemption. But Midori is being watched by Rain's enemies, and his sudden appearance put mother and child in terrible danger. To save them, Rain is forced to use the same deadly talents he had been hoping to leave behind. With the help of Tatsu, h...

The Last Assassin by Barry Eisler

The Last Assassin
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780718148997

"I've never liked doing a job in a new place. You don't know how to get in and out undetected, you don't know what tools you'll need to access the target, you don't know where you'll stick out and where you'll be able to fade into the background or disappear into a crowd." When John Rain learns that his former lover, Midori, has been raising their child in New ...

The Last Assassin by Barry Eisler

The Last Assassin
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718149000

John Rain is back . . . and this time, it's personal . . . Once Rain learns that his former lover, Midori, has been raising their child in New York, he senses a chance for reconciliation, perhaps even redemption. But Midori is being watched by Rain's enemies, and his sudden appearance put mother and child in terrible danger. To save them, Rain is forced to use the same deadly talents he...



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