Nobody's Hero
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Publisher Description
'Craven has unleashed Ben Koenig into the thriller world. Long may he raise hell in the pages.' David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author
'Perhaps for the first time, Jack Reacher has a convincing rival in the form of MW Craven's Ben Koenig' The Times
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The man who can't feel fear is back, in a race against time to find the woman who knows a secret that could take down the world as we know it.
When a shocking murder and abduction on the streets of London leads investigators to him, Ben Koenig has no idea at first why the highest echelons of the CIA would need his help. But then he realises he knows the woman who carried out the killings. Ten years earlier, without being told why, he was tasked with helping her disappear.
Far from being a deranged killer, she is the gatekeeper of a secret that could take down the West, so for years she has been in hiding. Until now.
And if she has resurfaced, the danger may be closer and more terrifying than anyone can imagine.
So Ben Koenig has to find her before it's too late. But Ben suffers from a syndrome which means he can't feel fear. He doesn't always know when he should walk away, or when he's leading others into danger . . .
Fast, brutal and smart, the second book in the Sunday Times bestselling Ben Koenig series is a pulse-raising, adrenaline-filled rollercoaster featuring ruthless killers, hard choices - and one fearless man . . .
'An absolute white-knuckle ride of a book. Fingernail-chewingly tense, lightning paced and as hard-edged as Koenig's Fairburn-Sykes dagger. Just brilliant.' Neil Lancaster, bestselling author of the Tom Novak and Max Craigie series
Praise for Fearless and the Ben Koenig series:
'Tough, explosive, badass and brilliant, Fearless is everything you could want in a thriller. Blistering pace and all-out action, impossible to put down, impossible to forget. If you like Reacher, you'll LOVE this.' Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End
'A knockout thriller!' Steve Cavanagh, bestselling author of Thirteen
'Adrenaline-fuelled plotting, hard-charging characters, and small town evil...this is a thriller with all the right ingredients. And yeah, Reacher fans, you're gonna love this too.' Vaseem Khan, award-winning author of the Malabar House series
'A superb thriller that will have everyone talking, and gasping.' David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author
'Fans of Jack Reacher, get excited. . . Imagine if Reacher and John Wick had brought up a child together, and you'd get Ben Koenig. . . A blistering barnstormer of an action thriller, this demands to be read.' Heat Magazine, Heat's Book of the Week (UK)
'If you haven't read any M. W. Craven yet, fix that immediately.' S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of Razorblade Tears
'Koenig's insouciant style and sharp thinking pack a very hefty punch. Paging Lee and Andrew Child: you've got company.' Daily Express (UK)
'Effortless. Thrilling. Explosive...this series looks to take the world by storm.' Imran Mahmood, author of You Don't Know Me and All I Said Was True
'Comparisons to Lee Child's Jack Reacher character will be inevitable, but MW Craven comfortably manages to outreach Reacher in this viscerally exciting and extremely violent thriller.' Sunday Independent (Ireland)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ben Koenig, a former U.S. marshal who cannot feel fear, returns in Craven's exhilarating and darkly comic follow-up to Fearless. When a woman murders two pickpockets and abducts an elderly woman in a London park, the CCTV footage triggers an alert that points investigators toward a top secret CIA file. Inside is a reference to "the Acacia Avenue Protocol" and a list of four names—three dead men and Ben Koenig. Ben knows nothing about the Protocol, but upon reviewing the video footage, he recognizes the killer as a woman he helped assume a new identity a decade earlier. Though he still doesn't understand the full scope of that mission, he knows she's privy to ultrasensitive American intelligence. Ben and his brutally efficient CIA handler race to find the woman, unwittingly getting in the way of father-daughter assassin duo Stillwell Hobbs and Harper Nash, who have been tracking down and killing everyone involved with the Protocol. Craven effectively mixes the unvarnished brutality and high body count of Lee Child with the black humor of Mick Herron (one character bludgeons another until "his skull was softer than warm ice cream"). With style, wit, and plot twists to spare, Craven cements this series as a must-read.
Customer Reviews
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I love this author and have read everything he’s ever done.. this character and series though is a far departure from what made his other leads appealing. I found this boring and tough to get through..would have been a one if the ending didn’t pick up.