Heart of the Assassin: A Novel
Category: Fiction
Author: Robert Ferrigno
Copyright/published Year: 2009 by Scribner
ISBN: 1416537678
Binding: hardcover
The year is 2045 and a warrior battles to save America from an
Islamic mastermind in this smart and violent futuristic thriller
from New York Times bestselling author Robert Ferrigno.
Time is running out for the Islamic Republic and the Bible
Belt, the two warring nations that arose when the former United
States split apart after an economic collapse left tens of
millions unemployed and desperate for leadership. Weakened by
their endless conflict, both countries are now threatened by the
expansionist dreams of the Aztlán Empire (formerly known as
Mexico) to the south, which has steadily encroached deep into the
regions once called California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Riven by intellectual and social decay, both the Islamic Republic
and the Belt are at the brink of collapse.
The only solution is to reunite the countries and regain
America's former power and global standing. And there's only one
man who can do it: Rakkim Epps, genetically enhanced shadow
warrior and hero of the two previous books in Robert Ferrigno's
astonishing Assassin Trilogy.
Time is also running out for Epps's archenemy, the Old One,
the sly, immensely rich Muslim fanatic who seeks to create one
world under his domination. Now more than one hundred and fifty
years old, he is dying and unhappily knows it. His solution is to
reunite the Islamic Republic and the Bible Belt his way, and his
plan involves his voluptuous but deadly daughter, Baby, and none
other than Rakkim himself. The Old One is aided by his sadistic,
carbon-skinned enforcer, Gravenholtz, whom Rakkim failed to kill
in an earlier encounter and who now wishes to kill Rakkim and
those he loves.
Meanwhile, there is a rumor of a discovery of a sacred relic
in the contaminated ruins of Washington, D.C., a radiation zone
peopled by diseased zombies and daring treasure hunters. It is
into this deadly wasteland that Rakkim must secretly travel and
retrieve the icon if he is to defeat Gravenholtz, Baby, and the
Old One, and have even a chance to unite the two halves of
America.
A stunning stand-alone read, Heart of the Assassin is a feast
of cinematic violence, brilliant plotting, and futuristic
scene-setting. Completing Ferrigno's Assassin Trilogy, Heart of
the Assassin confirms his position as a master of thriller
fiction.
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