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The Devil's Assassin
What would you do if a killer ended up trapped in your basement? Probably call the police! That’s not what Linus Hather does. He’s a prison guard with a fairly quiet life in the pine barrens of New Jersey when by a stroke of luck (or fate), a mass murdering killer ends up captured in his elaborate home security system.
First, Linus has trouble convincing authorities that this diminutive individual is even a killer. But after killing a scientist and performing the horrifying act on security video, everyone becomes a stunned believer - the only problem is that he's escaped, and no one knows where to look for him.
Linus Hather's friends would describe him charitably as eccentric. But Linus puts everything aside to find this killer before he kills again. He begins his search at the local library and ends up on three different continents looking for the stealthiest killer on Earth. With the help of a beautiful and stubborn government scientist, the hunt is on for the Devil's Assassin.
Sometimes you should be afraid of your nightmares!
First, Linus has trouble convincing authorities that this diminutive individual is even a killer. But after killing a scientist and performing the horrifying act on security video, everyone becomes a stunned believer - the only problem is that he's escaped, and no one knows where to look for him.
Linus Hather's friends would describe him charitably as eccentric. But Linus puts everything aside to find this killer before he kills again. He begins his search at the local library and ends up on three different continents looking for the stealthiest killer on Earth. With the help of a beautiful and stubborn government scientist, the hunt is on for the Devil's Assassin.
Sometimes you should be afraid of your nightmares!
171 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 11, 2013
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February 16, 2016
The Devil's Assassin starts off with an improbable hero fighting an improbable beast.
Even with all that, the author Brian M. Holmes, immediately gets the reader engaged with the premise of the book that something malevolent is attacking innocent people all around the world. How could this be? Answering that question is the one motivation that makes this book so engaging, so mystifying and just so good. Science fiction is not necessarily my genre of choice, but when I read the review I was curious.
The book did not disappoint. The protagonist, Linus is a corrections officer. Early in the book the reader meets Linus, as Linus confronts 'the lurker' What is it?...how does it get so many places in the world? What is the connection between the lurker we meet and the one described at other places in the world? Well the intruder, unfortunately meets it's match with Linus but only temporarily. From that point on, the reader is taken on a wild ride with Linus, all over the world.
It is not often I read a book in one sitting, but I had to. The mystery of the intruder needed to be solved. What a rush! what excitement, and the ending is thrilling. Take a Goodread of this book.
Even with all that, the author Brian M. Holmes, immediately gets the reader engaged with the premise of the book that something malevolent is attacking innocent people all around the world. How could this be? Answering that question is the one motivation that makes this book so engaging, so mystifying and just so good. Science fiction is not necessarily my genre of choice, but when I read the review I was curious.
The book did not disappoint. The protagonist, Linus is a corrections officer. Early in the book the reader meets Linus, as Linus confronts 'the lurker' What is it?...how does it get so many places in the world? What is the connection between the lurker we meet and the one described at other places in the world? Well the intruder, unfortunately meets it's match with Linus but only temporarily. From that point on, the reader is taken on a wild ride with Linus, all over the world.
It is not often I read a book in one sitting, but I had to. The mystery of the intruder needed to be solved. What a rush! what excitement, and the ending is thrilling. Take a Goodread of this book.
June 26, 2013
Old school tech as this is a reprint, but remembering back to that time, accurate overall. More suspense than horror with a touch of romance but no sex. A quick read in a no nonsense style that didn't play with readers. Everything is overall "feasible" with the creature including the guard's wrestling it with his prison training. Would make a good SyFy movie - better than a lot they've made and shown. I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to review this.
May 22, 2013
I started out not really like this so much, but it seemed to get a little more odd and a little creepier with each turn of the page. Apparently I am a fan of odd and creepy, because Holmes' story gets 4 stars from me!
May 26, 2013
The story didn't waste any time getting to the strange being which I liked. Toward the end of the book the author took a different direction than I was anticipating, but then turned the story around again.
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