Fearless
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
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'Koenig's insouciant style and sharp thinking pack a very hefty punch' The Times
'A superb thriller that will have everyone gasping' David Baldacci
'Badass and brilliant' Chris Whitaker
'A blistering barnstormer of an action thriller, this demands to be read' Heat Magazine
' "Thrill-ride" gets tossed around a little too generously these days, but Craven has written one. A highly entertaining, brilliantly violent tale, full of unforgettable set-pieces' Peter Swanson
'A superbly executed thriller with intelligence, wit, humour and rib cracking action' Amer Anwar
Five million reasons why Ben Koenig had to disappear. Only one to bring him back . . .
Ben Koenig is a ghost. He doesn't exist any more.
Six years ago it was Koenig who headed up the US Marshal's elite Special Ops group. They were the elite unit who hunted the bad guys - the really bad guys. They did this so no one else had to.
Until the day Koenig disappeared. He told no one why and he left no forwarding address. For six years he became a grey man. Invisible. He drifted from town to town, state to state. He was untraceable. It was as if he had never been.
But now Koenig's face is on every television screen in the country. Someone from his past is trying to find him and they don't care how they do it. In the burning heat of the Chihuahuan Desert lies a town called Gauntlet, and there are people in there who have a secret they'll do anything to protect. They've killed before and they will kill again.
Only this time they've made a mistake. They've dismissed Koenig as just another drifter - but they're wrong. Because Koenig has a condition, a unique disorder that makes it impossible for him to experience fear. And now they're about to find out what a truly fearless man is capable of. Because Koenig's coming for them. And hell's coming with him . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
CWA Gold Dagger winner Craven (Dead Ground) ventures to the U.S. for the first time in this tense but underwhelming series launch about the search for a kidnapping victim in Texas's Chihuahuan Desert. Anchoring the action is Ben Koenig, a former U.S. marshal whose professional slipup six years earlier stirred the ire of Russian organized crime and forced him off the grid. He's lured out of the shadows by his former boss, whose daughter, Martha, has disappeared from the campus of Georgetown University, where she was studying forensic accounting. Though he suspects Martha is already dead, Koenig agrees to investigate. Rumors that Martha was researching a suspicious energy company lead Koenig to Gauntlet, Tex., where a solar farm has sprung up, owned by a former Georgetown student with a questionable past. Once there, Koenig leans on his military training to muscle through a high-octane rescue mission. Craven excels at writing action, and his strong prose has occasional Chandleresque overtones—a worn-out waitress has "a smile like a coffin lid." The plot, though, suffers from jumpy pacing and distracting contrivances, with certain key coincidences too implausible to believe. Hopefully, Craven works out the kinks next time around.
