Nick Mason's unwritten contract with imprisoned crime lord
Darius Cole secured Nick's freedom from a 20-year prison
sentence in exchange for doing whatever Cole asks him to do --
-- no matter what, 24/7.
At the time of his release, Nick had no idea what his new
life would be like. It didn't take long for it to become
quite clear. And he knows there is no going back. Nick
lives in Cole's sumptuous townhouse with Cole's reluctant
mistress under constant surveillance and drives Cole's
fancy cars, while Quintero is Nick's perpetual handler. And
Nick is being harassed by Chicago Detective Frank Sandoval,
who has nothing left in his life except to expose Nick's
criminal connection to Cole. But can Nick do something to
improve his situation? Is there any way he can devise a
strategy to get out of this bizarre situation he's ex
experiencing without jeopardizing the lives of everyone he lo
loves?
With Darius Cole set for consideration of a retrial, all
the earlier witnesses against him must die. As one kill
leads to another, Nick is more determined than ever to
escape, so he gambles everything by making a deal with a
madman. Sean Burke, the assassin who came before Nick, has
gone rogue and is now hunting for Nick. With the tables
turned and Nick now the prey, everything he hoped for is in
extreme danger. When he realizes that everything he
believed is a lie, he fears there is no way out. He has no
idea just how bad things will get until he learns that Cole
may not be the only one pulling all the strings involving
Nick's life.
EXIT STRATEGY is the second action-packed adventure in
Steve Hamilton's chillingly brilliant Nick Mason
saga. With an uncanny ability at scripting totally
absorbing and suspenseful plotlines, Hamilton has outdone
himself with Nick Mason, an unusual anti-hero I cannot help
but root for as he struggles with his conscience and his
pride. His fierce love for his daughter, and her
protection, is the driving force behind everything Nick
strives to accomplish. With a cast of cunningly conceived
characters, an edgy and complex plot, and compelling
narrative, along with some unforeseen elements, EXIT
STRATEGY is a first-rate thriller. While I knew Nick wasn't
going to find a way out, I did not anticipate how terrible
it would be for him. I cannot wait to see what Steve
Hamilton has in store for Nick Mason the next time.
In the stunning follow-up to The Second Life of Nick Mason,
the remarkable hero is ever more under the thumb of his
kingpin master, who has upped the ante with a formidable new
mission…
Nick Mason has been given a true mission impossible:
Infiltrate WITSEC, the top secret federal witness protection
program that has never been compromised, locate the three
men who put his boss Darius Cole behind bars for life, and
kill them.
But first he has to find them, and the clock is ticking.
Darius Cole is on trial in federal court in Chicago,
appealing his conviction—and these three key witnesses are
either his ticket to freedom or the final nail in his
coffin. If they testify, Darius Cole will never step foot in
the outside world again. If they are killed, Cole will walk
a free man.
It’s a brutal test of Mason’s will to survive, and this time
there are no limits to how far Mason will go to fulfill the
contract he’s been given—because the consequences of failure
are not only his life, but the lives of his ex-wife and
daughter, the two people he’ll do anything to protect.
As he risks everything to complete his mission, Mason finds
himself being hunted by the very man he replaced, the
ruthless assassin who once served, and then betrayed, Darius
Cole. Rather than waiting to be found, he has escaped
witness protection to hunt down and kill Mason.
As Mason’s mission comes to a devastating final showdown,
Mason makes a discovery that will change everything: Darius
Cole’s Chicago empire is actually just one branch of an
international criminal syndicate, and at its helm is a
faceless criminal mastermind wanted by governments around
the world. He’s been calling the shots since the day Nick
Mason stepped out of prison, and he’s got big plans for his
new top assassin…
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