![]() ![]() Satori opens in the fall of 1951, in the throes of the Korean War. In this compelling prequel, Winslow, whose popular novels include Savages (2010) and The Dawn Patrol (2008), details Hel's life leading up to Trevanian's opus. "In his 1979 international best-seller, Shibumi, acclaimed author Trevanian introduced readers to handsome mystic and ingenious assassin Nicholai Hel. Now he must survive chaos, violence, suspicion, and betrayal while trying to achieve his ultimate goal of satori -the possibility of true understanding and harmony with the world. It's almost certainly a suicide mission, but Hel accepts. The Americans offer Hel freedom, money, and a neutral passport in exchange for one small service: to go to Beijing and kill the Soviet Union's commissioner to China. He has the skills to be the world's most fearsome assassin and now the CIA needs him. Hel is a master of hoda korosu, or "naked kill," is fluent in seven languages, and has honed extraordinary "proximity sense"-an extra-awareness of the presence of danger. ![]() Twenty-six-year-old Nicholai Hel has spent the last three years in solitary confinement at the hands of the Americans. SATORI It is the fall of 1951, and the Korean War is raging. Now critically acclaimed author Don Winslow continues Hel's story for the first time in this all-new, blockbuster thriller. Nicholai Hel-genius, mystic, and the perfect, formidable assassin-was first introduced to readers in Shibumi, the classic #1 bestseller by master storyteller Trevanian. Prepare to meet the world's most dangerous man. ![]()
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