'Propulsive ... outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES

'Pacy' LITERARY REVIEW

'Highly entertaining and compulsively readable' Whitcoulls, NZ

'Brownlow is off to a good start' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Behind the events you know are the killers you don't.

When diplomacy fails, we're the ones who gear up.

Officially we don't exist, but every government in the world uses our services.

We've been saving the world, and your ass, for 100 years.

Sixteen people have done this job before me.

I am 17. The most feared assassin in the world.

But to be the best you must beat the best.

My next target is 16, just as one day 18 will hunt me down.

It's a dog-eat-dog world and it gets lonely at the top.

Nobody gets to stay for long.

But while we're here, all that matters is that we win.

Visceral, cinematic and insanely addictive, 17 will keep you on the edge of your seat and live long in the memory. Until 18 comes along ...

'Reinvents the hitman novel. It's a cinematic rollercoaster, full of authentic emotion and high-octane action. The tension explodes off the pages; John Brownlow is a master of suspense - Jeff Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of TRAITOR'S DANCE