The Mantis

Kabuto is a hitman who visits his doctor, who is actually his handler. He is tired of the business and is trying to pay his way out of the Doctor's employment with a few last jobs, but the most lucrative contracts involve taking out other professional assassins.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 09 November 2023
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

From the internationally bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN: A seemingly ordinary family man tries to juggle his home life with his job as a hitman.

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Kabuto is an ordinary guy; stressed with work, hassled by his wife and disrespected by his son. No wonder he visits his doctor so often. Except the Doctor is actually his handler, and Kabuto is a hired assassin. The prescriptions the Doctor hands over are his unlucky targets. Because although Kabuto may seem like a small man at home, he's really good at killing people.

Kabuto is worn out with the business of murder. He's trying to pay his way out of the Doctor's employment with a few last jobs. But the most lucrative contracts involve taking out other professional assassins, and his final assignment puts both him and his family in danger.

Picture a mantis raising up its blades. It looks fearsome, but it's still just a tiny insect. The mantis actually thinks it can win. Even though it's tiny, it's still ready to fight to the death.

Unlike anything you're likely to have read before... white-hot with double-crosses

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Weight: 446g
Dimension: 162 x 242 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787303928