Satori - Don Winslow

Satori

By Don Winslow

  • Release Date: 2011-03-07
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
4 Score: 4 (From 278 Ratings)

Book Synopsis

Nicholai Hel-genius, mystic, and the perfect, formidable assassin-was first introduced to readers in Shibumi, the classic #1 bestseller by master storyteller Trevanian. Now critically acclaimed author Don Winslow continues Hel's story for the first time in this all-new, blockbuster thriller.

Prepare to meet the world's most dangerous man . . .


It is the fall of 1951, and the Korean War is raging. Twenty-six-year-old Nicholai Hel has spent the last three years in solitary confinement at the hands of the Americans. 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. He has the skills to be the world's most fearsome assassin and now the CIA needs him.

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. It's almost certainly a suicide mission, but Hel accepts. 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.

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Latest Impressions

  • Winslow Fan

    5
    By OBSpiker
    This is the first Winslow book I ever read. It was so good, I have become a huge fan. This book is incredibly well written. It's characters are complex and their environments beautifully depicted-researched. Side note, there is a 5 page scene at a casino that could be one of the funniest things I have ever read in thriller/mystery...laugh out loud funny!