The Mantis : a novel / Kotaro Isaka ; translated from the Japanese by Sam Malissa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isaka, Kōtarō, 1971- author.

Contributor:

Malissa, Sam, translator.

Standardized Title:

Ax

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Assassins--Fiction.

Assassins.

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Husband and wife--Fiction.

Husband and wife.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Novels.

Physical Description:

226 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Abrams, 2023.

Language Note:

In English, translated from Japanese.

Summary:

"Kabuto is a highly skilled assassin eager to escape his dangerous profession and the hold his handler, the sinister Doctor, has over him. The Doctor, a real physician who hands over Kabuto's targets as "prescriptions" in his regular appointments with him, doesn't want to lose Kabuto as a profitable asset, but he agrees to let him pay his way out of his employment with a few last jobs. But the most lucrative jobs involve taking out other professional assassins, and Kabuto's final assignment puts him and his family--who have no idea about his double life--in danger.The third book in a loose trilogy set in Kotaro Isaka's imagined Tokyo criminal underworld, The Mantis features all the hallmarks of his work that readers have come to crave--assassins with quirky codenames and modi operandi, page-turning action sequences, madcap energy, and razor-sharp humor--making the novel a frenetic, unputdownable read that hurtles readers toward a thrilling climax." --Amazon.

Notes:

Includes an extract from Three assassins.

First published in Japan with the title Ax in 2017.

ISBN:

9781419769474

1419769472

OCLC:

1402093610

Publisher Number:

99995052313