Haunted by the past, John Rain kills to order and leaves no trace, but the death at his hand of an old man has unforeseen complications - and soon Rain is trying to protect not just his carefully preserved anonymity but his own life and those of the people he cares for. A stunning, page-turning reinvention of the hitman thriller, Rain Fall marks the introduction of a compelling new series character and major new thriller writing career.

John Rain flees to Brazil to find peace - but inevitably finds himself with a new assignment: take out an arms dealer in Southeast Asia.

Silicon Valley: the eccentric inventor of a new encryption application is murdered in an apparent drug deal. Istanbul: a cynical undercover operative receives a frantic call from his estranged brother, a patent lawyer who believes he'll be the next victim. And on the sun-drenched slopes of Sand Hill Road, California's nerve center of money and technology, old family hurts sting anew as two brothers who share nothing but blood and bitterness wage a desperate battle against a faceless enemy.

Alex Treven has sacrificed everything to make partner in his high-tech law firm. But then the inventor of a technology Alex is banking on is murdered, the patent examiner who reviewed the innovation dies, and Alex himself narrowly escapes an attack in his own home. Off balance and running out of time, he knows that the one person who can help him is the last person he'd ever ask: his brother.

For assassin John Rain, getting out of "the life" was never going to be easy. But with a new identity in Paris, and the help of his lover, he was hoping to leave the killing business behind. Then he receives a message from rogue CIA operative Jim Hilger: We have your friend Dox. Do as we tell you, or the sniper dies. The choice ought to be easy: do the job - a series of three hits - and save his friend. How does he know that each of the hits isn't also a setup?

Haunted by his past and facing a barren future, Rain kills to order and leaves no traces. Few know who he is or what he does. In his line of work, you're bound to make enemies, no matter how good you are, and any attachment is a weakness.

Once Rain learns that his former lover, Midori, has been raising their child in New York, he senses a chance for reconciliation, perhaps even redemption. But Midori is being watched by Rain's enemies, and his sudden reappearance puts mother and child in terrible danger. In order to save them, Rain is forced to use the very same deadly talents he had been hoping to leave behind. With the help of old friends, he races against time to bring his enemies into the open and eliminate them forever.

Government assassin John Rain is a man trying to leave his violent past behind. But after tracking him down in Brazil, his former employers, the CIA, persuade him to take on a high-risk assignment, one to which his particular skills are well suited: to terminate with extreme prejudice a man who deserves to die. For Rain, the death of an evil man offers a shot at redemption. But before he can even get close, Rain will have to draw on his formidable talents just to survive.

If you had to kill three people to save your best friend's life, would you do it? When John Rain decides to get out of the business, his hand is forced by rogue CIA operative Jim Hilger. Hilger kidnaps Dox, Rain's trusted partner and closest friend, and offers Rain a choice: carry out a final assignment, or bear the responsibility for Dox's murder.

John Rain has a new employer: the Mossad needs an operator who can remove "problems" in Asia. He also has a new partner: Dox, the ex-US army marine and party animal. And he has a new hope that by using his fearsome talents in the service of something good, he might atone for all the lives he has already taken.