Download or read book Company Assassin The free first book in a completed reluctant hero dystopian sci fi trilogy written by Claudia Blood and published by Dragon Bane Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time is coming apart at the seams, and a tech-savvy teenage orphan is the only one who can save the past and the future… Turning eighteen in the orphanage on Kalecca means starvation for those who aren’t hired into a Family, so no one is celebrating Duff Roman’s big day. Outside the Family compounds lies the jungle. And in the jungle lies death. And Relics—the only real currency on Planet Kalecca. The orphans are Duff’s family, and he’s sacrificed everything to keep the orphanage running, even his chance to move on. But without him to bring in extra money, the orphans will starve under the Company’s control. Duff's only chance to save them is to find a spot on an independent crew and hopefully find a Relic to sell. When a seemingly chance encounter with Z, leader of the most feared independent crew, offers Duff his opportunity to score a Relic, it also gives Z a chance to relieve the guilt he feels over his past. But a Company assassin has plans to lay waste to Duff's future and destroy the people he cares about the most… This is series is complete.

Download or read book The Assassin s Doctor written by Robert K. Summers and published by Robert K. Summers. This book was released on 2014-01-29 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd's life, his early years growing up on his father's large tobacco plantation, his education, marriage, slave ownership, his involvement with John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln assassination, his heroic work during a horrific yellow fever epidemic at Fort Jefferson, and his life after being pardoned until his death in 1883. John Wilkes Booth fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln on the evening of April 14, 1865 during a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Confident in his athletic ability, Booth leapt from the president’s box down to the stage, but landed hard and broke the shin bone in his left leg. He hobbled across the stage, through the back door of the theatre, mounted his horse, and rode hard out of the city into Southern Maryland, where he met up with a waiting co-conspirator, David Herold. As the two men rode through the night, Booth’s broken leg became more and more painful, so he told Herold to head for the farm of a young doctor he knew, 31-year-old Dr. Samuel Mudd, near Bryantown, Maryland, some 30 miles south of Washington. Booth had met Dr. Mudd a couple of times before. He had once even stayed overnight at the Mudd farm. Booth and Herold arrived at the Mudd farm just before dawn. Dr. Mudd admitted them to his farm house, put a splint on Booth’s leg, and let him rest in an upstairs bedroom. Booth and Herold left the farm later that day. Booth was shot and killed by Union Soldiers a few days later after being tracked into Virginia. Herold was taken alive. Dr. Mudd was later arrested for aiding Booth's escape. He claimed he didn't know the man with the broken leg was Booth, but the authorities didn't believe him. He and seven others were tried and convicted of conspiracy. The Military Commission found Dr. Mudd guilty by a 5-4 vote, meaning that four of the nine military judges thought him innocent. In a civilian trial requiring a unanimous verdict, he would have been freed. The four who had actually helped carry out the assassination were executed. Dr. Mudd and the other three were sent to the Fort Jefferson military prison located on a remote island in the Gulf of Mexico. One died there during a yellow fever epidemic in 1867. Dr. Mudd and the other two men were pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in early 1869. Johnson's pardon of Dr. Mudd said: "I am satisfied that the guilt found by the said judgment against Samuel A. Mudd was of receiving, entertaining, harboring, and concealing John Wilkes Booth and David E. Herold, with the intent to aid, abet and assist them in escaping from justice after the assassination of the late President of the United States, and not of any other or greater participation or complicity in said abominable crime." General August V. Kautz, one of the nine members of the Military Commission, had reached the same conclusion. After the trial, he wrote: Dr. Mudd attracted much interest and his guilt as an active conspirator was not clearly made out. His main guilt was the fact that he failed to deliver them, that is, Booth and Herold, to their pursuers. Most historians today agree with Johnson and Kautz - that Dr. Mudd had nothing to do with helping to plan or carry out the assassination of President Lincoln, but failed to turn Booth over to those hunting Booth when he could have done so.

Download or read book The Assassin written by Peng Hsiao-yen and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Assassin tells the story of a swordswoman who refrains from killing. Hou Hsiao-hsien astonishes his audience once again by upsetting almost every convention of the wuxia (martial arts) genre in the film. This collection offers eleven readings, each as original and thought-provoking as the film itself, beginning with one given by the director himself. Contributors analyze the elliptical way of storytelling, Hou’s adaptation of the source text (a tale from the Tang dynasty, also included in this volume), the film’s appropriation of traditional Chinese visual aesthetics, as well as the concept of xia (knight-errant) that is embedded in Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist worldviews. There are also discussions of the much-celebrated sonic design of The Assassin: the nearly exclusive use of a diegetic film score is a statement on the director’s belief in cinematic reality. Underlying all the chapters is a focus on how Hou reinvents Tang-dynasty China in contemporary culture. The meticulously recreated everyday reality of the Tang world in the film highlights the ethnic and cultural diversity of the dynasty. It was a time when Sogdian traders acted as important intermediaries between Central Asia and the Tang court, and as a result Sogdian culture permeated the society. Taking note of the vibrant hybridity of Tang culture in the film, this volume shows that the historical openness to non-Chinese elements is in fact an essential part of the Chineseness expressed in Hou’s work. The Assassin is a gateway to the remote Tang-dynasty world, but in Hou’s hands the concerns of that premodern world turn out to be highly relevant to the world of the audience. “This book promises to be a useful companion to the film The Assassin. Contributors to this collection have convincingly and compellingly elucidated some of the film’s most difficult features. The result is a rich and wide-ranging analysis of one of the most beautiful films of our time.” —Sung-Sheng Yvonne Chang, The University of Texas at Austin “This collection of essays unfolds the many layers of The Assassin by speaking to its aesthetic achievements, reinvention of genre conventions, deep historical engagement, and philosophical substance. It exceeds the sum of its individual parts by building a vibrant cross-disciplinary conversation among a diverse group of accomplished scholars, who contribute original and compelling insights on the film.” —Jean Ma, Stanford University

Download or read book Company Assassin written by Claudia Blood and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Duff Roman's eighteenth birthday, but no one is lighting candles. Turning eighteen in the orphanage on Kalecca means starvation for those who aren't hired into a Family. Outside the Family compounds lies the jungle. And in the jungle lies death. And Relics-the only real currency on Planet Kalecca.The orphans are Duff's family, and he's sacrificed everything to keep the orphanage running, even his chance to move on. Now, at eighteen, he has no choice but to leave. Without him to bring in extra money, the orphans will starve under the Company's control. Duff's only chance to save them is to find a spot on an independent crew and hopefully find a Relic to sell.A seemingly chance encounter with Z, leader of the most feared independent crew, offers Duff his opportunity to score a Relic. And offers Z a chance to relieve the guilt he feels over his past.But a company assassin has plans to lay waste to Duff's future, and the orphanage as well.

Download or read book Corporate Assassin written by Gus Mavencamp and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-06 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the head of Organized Crime Division, Alex Schulz has been a highly successful officer in the BKA, the German federal investigative police agency. While investigating a terror attack in Frankfurt, she makes an unsettling discovery. Several top executives of a European insurance behemoth have started dropping dead from apparent natural causes. Alex learns that the deaths are the work of a sinister and dangerously talented assassin. He targets large corporations and leaves no evidence of his involvement. As Schulz uses her unique skills to lure in the mad-man, she risks becoming his next target. As the mystery unravels, she finds herself facing an adversary that's larger than she could have ever imagined. Her enemy wields immense resources and massive influence, with claws that reach deep within the German government.

Download or read book Assassin s Quest written by Robin Hobb and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1998-01-05 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An enthralling conclusion to this superb trilogy, displaying an exceptional combination of originality, magic, adventure, character, and drama.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz—or so his enemies and friends believe. But with the help of his allies and his beast magic, he emerges from the grave, deeply scarred in body and soul. The kingdom also teeters toward ruin: Regal has plundered and abandoned the capital, while the rightful heir, Prince Verity, is lost to his mad quest—perhaps to death. Only Verity’s return—or the heir his princess carries—can save the Six Duchies. But Fitz will not wait. Driven by loss and bitter memories, he undertakes a quest: to kill Regal. The journey casts him into deep waters, as he discovers wild currents of magic within him—currents that will either drown him or make him something more than he was. Praise for Robin Hobb and Assassin’s Quest “Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.”—George R. R. Martin “Superbly written, wholly satisfying, unforgettable: better than any fantasy trilogy in print—including mine!”—Melanie Rawn

Download or read book Assassin s Heart written by J. A. Kazimer and published by Epicenter Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After "Six," a CIA assassin, mistakenly kills the wrong man, she vows never to take another life. Now her superiors, having concluded the killing was intentional, are targeting her. Six creates a new identity as an ad exec, but the past finally catches up with her at a company retreat in Hawaii, where her former partner Ben has tracked her down. Will Ben be her savior or her assassin?

Download or read book Assassin s Game written by Ella Sheridan and published by Ella Sheridan. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’m the genius behind the keyboard, the man at my brothers’ backs when trouble comes calling. Killing might not have been my nature, but I learned to do what I had to, to survive. To keep them alive. Now, with everything going right, with my family finally happy, a new threat has risen. A shadow. A menace that could take it all away in a single breath. And not just from my family. From hers. Nix. One glance and I knew I’d walk through fire to make her see me, make her mine. Too bad she’s not willing to see inside of me. In a world where might makes right, we’re on different sides of the spectrum, but in this game of cat-and-mouse, it will take both of us to make it out alive. * Read the continuing series that’s been hailed as “sexy, gritty, thrilling!” by NYT Bestselling Author Lara Adrian. “Suspenseful, steamy, sizzling chemistry!” — Audiobook Fascination. “Brace yourself ’cause this story is going to grab you by the balls and not let up!” — GR Reviewer

Download or read book Assassin s Mark written by Ward Larsen and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today bestselling author Ward Larsen's globe-trotting, hard-hitting assassin, David Slaton, returns for another breathless adventure, Assassin's Mark. With the help of CIA operative David Slaton, America has shaken off a series of high-tech attacks. Then, just as the threat seems to have receded, the most brazen strike of all: Marine One is brought down in the heart of the capital. The president survives the crash, but is clinging to life by a thread. Once again, Slaton gets the call. With limitless backing from the CIA, the agency’s most lethal assassin is dispatched halfway around the world. But as his mission nears completion, he finds himself targeted by a talented adversary, a ruthless young assassin who moves like a ghost, and whose motives are unclear. What is clear is that Trident is not yet finished, and that there is a high-level traitor in the U.S. government. And the only way forward is to topple a conspiracy in the uppermost echelons of Washington. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book The Assassin s Accomplice written by Kate Clifford Larson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Assassin's Accomplice, historian Kate Clifford Larson tells the gripping story of Mary Surratt, a little-known participant in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, and the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government of the United States. Surratt, a Confederate sympathizer, ran the boarding house in Washington where the conspirators-including her rebel son, John Surratt-met to plan the assassination. When a military tribunal convicted her for her crimes and sentenced her to death, five of the nine commissioners petitioned President Andrew Johnson to show mercy on Surratt because of her sex and age. Unmoved, Johnson refused-Surratt, he said, "kept the nest that hatched the egg." Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, The Assassin's Accomplice tells the intricate story of the Lincoln conspiracy through the eyes of its only female participant. Based on long-lost interviews, confessions, and court testimony, the text explores how Mary's actions defied nineteenth-century norms of femininity, piety, and motherhood, leaving her vulnerable to deadly punishment historically reserved for men. A riveting narrative account of sex, espionage, and murder cloaked in the enchantments of Southern womanhood, The Assassin's Accomplice offers a fresh perspective on America's most famous murder.

Download or read book The President and the Assassin written by Scott Miller and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SWEEPING TALE OF TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICA AND THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCES THAT BROUGHT TWO MEN TOGETHER ONE FATEFUL DAY In 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period of unprecedented imperial expansion, an assassin’s bullet shattered the nation’s confidence. The shocking murder of President William McKinley threw into stark relief the emerging new world order of what would come to be known as the American Century. The President and the Assassin is the story of the momentous years leading up to that event, and of the very different paths that brought together two of the most compelling figures of the era: President William McKinley and Leon Czolgosz, the anarchist who murdered him. The two men seemed to live in eerily parallel Americas. McKinley was to his contemporaries an enigma, a president whose conflicted feelings about imperialism reflected the country’s own. Under its popular Republican commander-in-chief, the United States was undergoing an uneasy transition from a simple agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse spreading its influence overseas by force of arms. Czolgosz was on the losing end of the economic changes taking place—a first-generation Polish immigrant and factory worker sickened by a government that seemed focused solely on making the rich richer. With a deft narrative hand, journalist Scott Miller chronicles how these two men, each pursuing what he considered the right and honorable path, collided in violence at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Along the way, readers meet a veritable who’s who of turn-of-the-century America: John Hay, McKinley’s visionary secretary of state, whose diplomatic efforts paved the way for a half century of Western exploitation of China; Emma Goldman, the radical anarchist whose incendiary rhetoric inspired Czolgosz to dare the unthinkable; and Theodore Roosevelt, the vainglorious vice president whose 1898 charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba is but one of many thrilling military adventures recounted here. Rich with relevance to our own era, The President and the Assassin holds a mirror up to a fascinating period of upheaval when the titans of industry grew fat, speculators sought fortune abroad, and desperate souls turned to terrorism in a vain attempt to thwart the juggernaut of change. Praise for The President and the Assassin “[A] panoramic tour de force . . . Miller has a good eye, trained by years of journalism, for telling details and enriching anecdotes.”—The Washington Independent Review of Books “Even without the intrinsic draw of the 1901 presidential assassination that shapes its pages, Scott Miller’s The President and the Assassin [is] absorbing reading. . . . What makes the book compelling is [that] so many circumstances and events of the earlier time have parallels in our own.”—The Oregonian “A marvelous work of history, wonderfully written.”—Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World “A real triumph.”—BookPage “Fast-moving and richly detailed.”—The Buffalo News “[A] compelling read.”—The Boston Globe One of Newsweek’s 10 Must-Read Summer Books

Download or read book Assassin s Vendetta written by J. R. Urie and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a universe where Magic and Technology exist as one, there is only one rule - the survival of the fittest. In the first novel, Assassin's Vendetta, Matherion, as a teenager, horrifically watches his father get shot killed, older sister get raped and shot as well, and then watches his mother go through the metahuman transformation only to die. Attempting to survive on their own, he sees his younger sister shot by a rivaling gang member on their way to find jobs. With boiling rage inside him, a Duke persuades him to enroll into a secret assassination academy. Ten years passed and after his final studies, he becomes released from the academy to receive his first hit job, but each time he notices a woman awfully looks like his younger sister. Once he realizes that she is alive, he attempts to get out of the entangled web of crime, but can he escape with his sister without running into another assassin or interference from the Duke?

Download or read book An Honorable Assassin written by Steve Hamilton and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two-time Edgar Award–winning author Steve Hamilton, An Honorable Assassin is another terrifying thriller featuring the unstoppable Nick Mason. He was released from federal prison to a second life as an unwilling assassin, serving a major Chicago crime lord until the day he finally won his freedom. But that freedom was a lie. Now Mason finds himself on a plane to Jakarta, promoted to lead assassin for a vast shadow organization that reaches every corner of the globe. This time, there’s only one name on his list: Hashim Baya—otherwise known as the Crocodile—international fugitive and #1 most wanted on Interpol’s “Red Notice” list. Baya is the most dangerous and elusive criminal Mason has ever faced. And for the first time in his career ... Mason fails his mission. Baya gets away alive. There’s only one thing he can do now: to save himself, his ex-wife, and his daughter, he must make this mission his life, hunting down the target on his own. But Mason isn’t alone in his search, because for Interpol agent Martin Sauvage, apprehending Baya has become a personal vendetta. Sauvage is a man just as haunted as Mason. And just as determined. Never have the stakes been so high, the forces surrounding him so great. Sauvage wants Baya in prison. Mason needs him in a body bag. Assassin and cop are on a five-thousand-mile collision course, leading to a brutal final showdown—and the one man in the world who can finally show Nick Mason the way to freedom.

Download or read book The Assassin s Weapon written by Nic M DiSalvo and published by Nic M DiSalvo. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dajah’s on a mission to kill his creators, but first he has to find them. Between the constant struggle with the destructive voice in his head, and endless nightmares thanks to the company that wanted Weapons instead of children, his day-to-day activities are… interesting. When his best lead turns into the one thing that might doom him, he faces an impossible choice: Work with the enemy to survive what’s coming, or risk losing everything. Kiera calls the shots. She’s trying to make her city a better place one hit at a time, but she’s lost the passion that once drove her. After her ex-boss targets her for personal reasons, she has no choice but to team up with a non-human to reclaim her freedom. Navigating the treacherous landscape of trust, betrayal, and awakening magic will be the hardest path she’s walked yet. It might rekindle her spark, but it also means coming to terms with a past of uncertain memories. All lines are drawn in the sand, and when trust is a luxury and caring’s a liability, the line between enemy and ally blurs. Debut author Nic M DiSalvo takes readers on a science fantasy adventure packed with action, morally grey heroes, and megalomaniac organizations with world-altering secrets. The Assassin’s Weapon is the first book in the Sa’Nar Chronicles.

Download or read book Assassin s Run written by Ward Larsen and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Tom Doherty Associates book"--Title page.

Download or read book The Assassin s Cunning written by Scott Marlowe and published by Scott Marlowe. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some days it seems like everyone wants you dead. The deadline for the Black Guardsmen to leave Alchester has come and gone, and now it’s up to the Assassin Without a Name to act on his threat. While he’s not above killing every last mercenary for the trouble they’ve caused him, he decides on a different course of action when Gwendolyn Goddard requests a meeting. In exchange for killing a rival, she offers to call off her Black Guard watchdogs. The catch? The mark is Atticus Drake, a trusted friend and ally. Meanwhile, the Warders and Jakaree continue to pursue their dark agendas. For the Warders, frustration leads to more direct action against the Nameless Assassin and his continued interference. The Jakaree, however, recognizing the need for alliances, offer to make a temporary one in hopes of striking a blow against the Warders. Trusting a death priest is never a good idea, but with questions continuing to mount about the Warders, the Assassin Without a Name reluctantly agrees to join them. Whatever their ultimate goals, the Jakaree and Warders remain in balance until a blood witch comes to town looking for revenge against Mathilda. While the witch has an agenda all her own, her presence threatens to turn the tide in the wrong direction for good. Deception, intrigue, danger, infernal science run amuck, and half the city wanting him dead? It’s just another day in the life of the Assassin Without a Name. KW: epic fantasy, action and adventure, action, adventure, sword and sorcery, sword, sorcery, blade, magic, dark fantasy, witch, wizard, mercenary, rogue, thieves, thief, alchemy, mysticism, symbolism, witchcraft, gentleman assassin, steampunk, infernal machines, infernal devices, airships, gods, undead, secret society, secret societies, grimdark, thieves guild, assassin story, assassin stories, assassin, deities, zealot, priest, steamfantasy, arcanepunk, occult, paranormal, fantasy, dark fantasy, first in a series, assassin, assassins blade, assassin betrayal, assassin blade, assassin books, assassin dark, assassin fantasy, fantasy assassin books, assassin female, assassin female lead, assassin fiction, assassin guild, assassin novels, assassin quest, assassin series, assassin thriller, assassin trilogy

Download or read book The Assassin S Mace written by Brigadier General Bob Butalia and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things are never what they seem, especially in the world of international politics. Janet Chang appears to be an attractive, successful scientist, but shes really a Chinese spy, sent to degrade United States nuclear submarine capability. If she succeeds, Americas potential ally, India, will dismantle and fall apart. Of course, China isnt the only country out to get India on the ropes. Syed Ali is a former member of Pakistans Inter Services Intelligence who served as a long term mentor to the Taliban and Al Qaeda. His orchestrated terror attacks are inflicting death and instability in India. All the while, Durga Vadera, a maverick politician, becomes the Indian Prime Minister after her predecessor and the United States Ambassador are killed. She invokes a secretive Crisis Management Group that may cause more harm than good. America must struggle to give aid to fading India, and fast. Ash Conway, former US intelligence agent, is hired to provide input on the terrorist strategies in India, using a proprietary gaming technology. What follows is nothing short of widespread conflict, leading up to a gripping and unimaginable climax. The ending might not be peaceful. Lives may be lost, but as it stands, America is Indias only hope for survival and the pressure rests on the shoulders of one woman alone.