Nobody's Hero
A Novel
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“Exhilarating and darkly comic. . . Craven effectively mixes the unvarnished brutality and high body count of Lee Child with the black humor of Mick Herron. . . A must read.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"This high-body-count romp is told with such verve and relish that even readers who shy from mayhem might find themselves on Koenig’s side as he hurtles from one impossible near-death experience to the next." —The New York Times Book Review
A man who can't feel fear is in a race against time to find a woman who knows a secret that could take down the United States
When a shocking murder and abduction on the streets of London leads investigators to open a safe in Langley for the first time in ten years, they find a note directing them to a few key individuals. Three of the people on the list are dead. The fourth is Ben Koenig.
Koenig has no idea why his name is on the list. Then he realizes that 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 America, and for the safety of the country, she has been in hiding for years—until now. And if she has resurfaced, the danger may be closer and more terrifying than anyone can imagine.
Ben Koenig has to find her before it’s too late. But Ben suffers from a syndrome that 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, smart, and violent, Nobody’s Hero is an engrossing story of contract killers, international terrorism, hard choices, and the future of the country—and the world as we know it.
“Craven has unleashed Ben Koenig into the thriller world. Long may he raise hell in the pages." —David Baldacci
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.
