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HARRY CUT THROUGH the morning rush-hour crowd like a shark fin through water. Read the first page

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4.0 out of 5 stars A seamier side to Tokyo, Feb 7 2011

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This review is from: Rain Fall (Mass Market Paperback)

The hero of our story, John Rain, is a former special ops soldier who fought in Vietnam as part of an illegal force in Cambodia now uses the skills he learned in the war as a paid assassin. As a Japanese/American he can move seamlessly between the two cultures and has connections in both. He is hired by Japanese gangsters to kill a government minister who plans to reveal connections between the ruling party and construction industry that regular pays for government contracts. Yasuhiro Kawamura, a long time government minister, is dying and would like to clear his conscience of his wrong-doings not only for his own benefit but also a proclamation of peace with his daughter, an up-and-coming jazz musician. Rain falls in love with the daughter and so must come to terms with his profession and the impact his actions have on its victims. 'Rain Fall' is fast-paced novel with excellent descriptions of Tokyo city plus insights into a level of government corruption that is well-documented and been going on for some time.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book but slow at first, Jun 22 2004

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Daniel Ruppert (Fort Bragg, NC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rain Fall (Mass Market Paperback)

This book once it got going kept me until the end. Barry Eisler at times did a little too much detail at times, but since this is the first book in the series I can understand it and know why. Great character development and a great plot. Be prepared to not put it down toward the end chapters as it picks up quickly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not your ordinary kung fu-type story, Mar 25 2004

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H. S. Wedekind "Mr. Weekend" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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I am happy to say I enjoyed both RAIN FALL and HARD RAIN by Barry Eisler, though I recommend starting with RAIN FALL. Much of what happened in the first book is alluded to in the second, and this could cause some confusion. If there is such a person as a likeable assassin, then John Rain is the man. He is caught between two cultures (John's father was Japanese and his mother American) and not really a part of either. More of his background is given in HARD RAIN, so this man-caught-in-the-middle character makes a lot of sense when you put together the fragments of his life. Still, Rain is definitely a man of action and the action comes fast and furious in both of these page turners. Even when you know there will be the inevitable showdown between Rain and the bad guy (or one of the good guys who may or not really be one of the bad guys), the plotting is so tense you wonder if he'll survive to make it into another novel by Eisler. It's nice of the author to translate the Japanese his characters speak for the reader and to explain all of the deadly Judo moves they make when fighting. I'm anxiously awaiting the third book in the series.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly satisfying thriller
John Rain is an assassin living in Tokyo. Born of mixed Japanese-American parentage, he was trained by the Special Forces in the US and is a veteran of the Vietnam war. Read more

Published on Mar 5 2004 by Larry Gandle

5.0 out of 5 stars Noir on Steroids
Rain Fall gives the thriller novel a much-needed shot of adrenalin. Eisler's hero, a half Japanese/half American assassin named John Rain, is one of the most compelling series... Read more

Published on Feb 24 2004 by J. A. KONRATH