From REMINGTON KANE, the author of the Young Guns Series YEAR SEVEN - A Tanner Series
Tanner accepts a contract to kill a gang leader inside the infamous Devil’s Tower project building in the Bronx. Getting in to make the hit is challenging. Getting out alive may prove to be impossible.
Remington Kane is an American author that writes action-packed thrillers. The author might be unfamiliar to some people because Remington Kane is actually a pseudonym for Donald Wells.
Donald Wells has garnered a reputation for writing darker and somewhat serious novels about killers. The author was born in New Jersey. He never really left and has since made a home there. Like most of his peers, Donald Wells was an avid reader as a child.
He spent many an hour devouring every book he came across. And it wasn’t long before he began to yearn for the chance to write. Like many aspiring authors, Donald Wells knew he had the capacity to tell stories. However, he was a little hesitant to venture into such uncharted waters, not only because he didn’t know where to start with regards to writing a book but also because he didn’t have confidence in his own ability to produce compelling fiction.
Again, like most notable authors, Donald meandered about for a while. Rather than going into publishing the first chance he got, Donald tried his hand at various odd jobs. He worked as an insurance salesman, a Real Estate Sales person, and even a Retail manager.
The jobs, though seemingly meaningless in the grand scheme of things, did wonders for the author’s writing capabilities. Whether he was driving trucks or cleaning floors, Donald gained insight into the workings of the world.
He met unexpected people and heard their intriguing stories. He came across numerous strange encounters and even participated in some of them. He essentially dipped into so many unique aspects of life that it came as no surprise that he had more than enough stories rattling around his head when it finally came time to write his first novel.
Not that many authors can claim to have been offered a chance to act as bodyguard to a drug dealer. Since getting his first book sold, though, Donald has finally settled in his career. The author loves writing novels and there is nothing he else he would rather be doing. The fact that he has found a way to make money out of his passion makes him one of the luckier individuals in the world.
By the time Donald Wells began writing as Remington Kane, he had already become established as a novelist with numerous thrillers under his name. However, writing as Remington practically took over his life.
This is because Donald has achieved more success writing as Remington Kane than he did producing novels under his real name. Kane is best known for the Tanner series of novels. Tanner is a hit man who accepts a job to take out a mob boss.
When he is betrayed and thrown into prison, Tanner thinks of little else besides getting revenge. And once he finally gets his freedom, the hit man becomes a one man army, engaging in a brutal way against a crime organization known as the Conglomerate.
Each new book sees Tanner raising the stakes by finding a new target that will sting the Conglomerate in ways they couldn’t possibly fathom.
Remington Kane has been praised for the Tanner novels because Tanner is such a refreshing hero. The protagonist is so average physically, devoid of the exaggerated traits that most action heroes seem to bear. If not for his natural fighting and survival instincts, one would be hard pressed to tell Tanner apart from any other ordinary man on the street.
Another exciting book in the earlier years of Tanner. Tanner has now been Tanner for 7 years and is looking for a challenge. When he hears about 2 failed attempts at killing a gang leader, he wants to do the killing. Even though he doesn't have a contract yet, he goes about figuring out how he could succeed when all others have failed. When the contract is offered to him, he is ready to fulfill it, or is he? Might this be the one time he fails? Love reading all the unique ways Tanner figures out to fulfill his contracts and the exciting and action-packed way he tries in this book. Another "can't put-down" book about Tanner.
Tanner takes a trip back to the New York area and find himself intrigued with the contract hit that he wants and by the time 50 men have lost their lies. He finally gets offered the contract. He hast to enter the Devils tower and avoid an army of men protecting the drug dealer that is taking over the area, including the mobs business. This book is very exciting full of twist and turns, and when it gets to the end, you find yourself on the edge of your seat, hoping he gets out of this alive. Tanner is a great hitman with a big heart. What a great book.
Not a big fan of this book. I am a action reader and a great believer of making a Tanner someone with a specialty like Mr. White. Also I thought Tanners were called upon for help get rid of a threat not out seeking a hit. Please keep the Tanner series like the past Tanners.
Tanner hears of a man who's hit would be an impossible task. So he starts his work before even being hired. He meets a young mother & daughter down on their luck. Being the helper of innocents he leaves them a wonderful gift, after he completes his impossible job.
But finally another Tanner tale. As ever superbly written and super clever. Nice twists and best turns. The humane assassin working hard to right wrongs and balance good against evil, in his own way. Now left waiting once more for the next episode.
I have read through the entire Tanner series and must have missed this early on and I must say, Tanner matured into a much more likeable man than this youngster. I've really enjoyed watching he and his friends develope.
Outstanding read worthy of your time. We are very lucky to have both Kane and Tanner! I can't wait for w next book. I wish he could write as fast as I read!