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1) Zero sum
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"Returning to Tokyo in 1982 after a decade of mercenary work in the Philippines, a young John Rain learns that the killing business is now controlled by Victor, a half-Russian, half-Japanese sociopath who has ruthlessly eliminated all potential challengers. Victor gives Rain a choice: kill a government minister or die a grisly death. But the best route to the minister is through his gorgeous Italian wife Maria, a route that puts Rain on a collision...
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Name: John Rain. Vocation: Assassin. Specialty: Natural Causes. Base of operations: Tokyo. Availability: Worldwide. Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. Tell him who. Tell him where. He doesn't care about why. Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist, and the daughter of his latest kill.
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All John Rain wants is to get out of the killing business. But with his unique talents, no one is willing to let him just retire. So when an old nemesis from the Japanese national police force comes to him with a job, Rain knows he can't refuse. It leads him into the heart of a shadow war between the CIA and the yakuza. It's a war Rain can't win, but can't afford to lose, a war where the distinctions between friend and foe and truth and deceit are...