The Executioner's Game

by Gary Hardwick

"Luther Green is the very best at what he does. But the mastery of his profession is nothing he can brag about. It's nothing for which he will ever be officially recognized and it will never earn him a large paycheck. But there is a high likelihood that Luther's proficiency at his job will get him killed." "Luther Green is a government assassin. For more than a decade, he has traveled the world, surgically eliminating America's enemies, never questioning his orders while performing as reliably as death itself. But his new assignment threatens to change all that. Luther's superiors have designated his new target as Alex Deavers - the agent who taught Luther everything he knows and a man now considered to be a rogue agent on the edge of insanity." "As Luther seeks to uncover the clues that will lead him to his prey, he slowly realizes that Alex is on a mission of his own, playing a cat-and-mouse game with his former apprentice while setting in motion a plan that could kill millions. Luther begins to suspect that the only person who can give him the answers he needs is the psychotic madman he has been ordered to execute." Luther follows a perilous trail that takes him into the most dangerous territory he has ever encountered. He is just a pawn in a twisted chess match, but a pawn may transform itself into the game's most dominant weapon. Now he has just days to learn the rules and employ all of his skill and training to find the truth. But to defeat the deadly forces against him, Luther Green must win the most dangerous game of all.

Genres: Fiction

320 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Gary Hardwick is a television and screenwriter, film director and novelist.

Gary is the writer/director of the hit film The Brothers, starring Morris Chestnut, Shemar Moore and DL Hughley, and Deliver Us From Eva starring Gabrielle Union and Megan Good.

He was the production writer for the hit film Bring It On, The Perfect Match for Queen Latifah’s Flava Unit and Lionsgate Films and 2021’s, Christmas Unwrapped starring Amber Stevens for Lifetime Entertainment.

In 2022, Amazon Filmed Entertainment purchased Gary’s spec script, the HBCU set film, Stand Battle along with AGC Studios.

Gary’s first novel, Cold Medina, was a commercial and critical smash. His second novel, Double Dead was bought by Warner Brothers. His fourth novel, Color Of Justice was optioned by Universal Films for rapper Eminem. His seventh novel, the spy thriller, The Executioner’s Game was purchased by Sony Pictures as a starring vehicle for Academy Award winning actor, Jamie Foxx.

Gary’s HardBooks imprint publishes thrillers and science fiction novels under his pseudonym, a.a. clifford, whose titles include SexLife, Escape To Sex, The Enkntatum, Kifo and Kifo x Moto.

Gary has currently completed the sci fi novels, 4 and 5 under his science. They will be published in 2023 as part of his Numbers Trilogy.

Reviews

[Byron Washington · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my second Gary Hardwick book and I'm thoroughly impressed. He has officially become one of my favorite authors. His writing compares favorably to Connelly, Sandford, Patterson, Child and Mosley, my other favorites. Don't hesitate to try his works of fiction.

[D.K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Luther Green is a government assassin working for an agency known as E-1. Luther is called off his current mission from somewhere overseas and brought back to America. The director of E-1 personally assigns him to a new assignment--find and kill the man who trained Luther as an agent, Alex Deaver.

Although Luther accepts the task, he finds that the director's behavior and the assignment odd. Deaver leads Luther on a cat and mouse chase that takes the reluctant assassin back to hometown, Detroit. It places Luther at a disadvantage because he has family and friends living in the city. Deaver's knows this and is willing to place Luther's family in the line of fire if he has to.

Deaver's leaves clues for Luther to discover while they play their Executioner's Game. And soon Luther finds that everything at E-1 is not what it appears to be.

Gary Hardwick's 'The Executioner's Game' is an exciting, fast-pace read, with interesting characters and a government assassin with a style all his own. Well worth the read.

[Susan Dennis · Rating 5 out of 5]

District Attorney Jesse King is caught in the politics of the city of Detroit. It's tolerable until he catches the case of the murder of the Mayor. His boss is sure that Mrs. Mayor did it. Jesse is pretty sure that isn't true but it's fighting an uphill battle. Pretty soon he has to cross over the legal line to get to the truth and save his own skin. This is another excellent story by Hardwick.

[Byron Washington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellence!!

[Chantel]

DNF This was actually a re-read, but I didn't finish because this time around it seemed slow and bland.

[Jim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a very good crime/thriller. Kind of preachy too with Mr. Hardwick’s political bias.