Satori [Paperback]

First there was Bond.
Then there was Bourne.
Now comes Hel.
Nicholai Hel-a Westerner by birth but an Asian by upbringing-speaks seven languages, kills with a naked hand, and is a master of the world's most challenging game of strategy: Go. All this has made him a very dangerous man-an assassin who blends in anywhere, doesn't need weapons to kill his targets, and sees ten moves ahead.
Released from three years of honing his mental and physical skills in solitary confinement on the condition that he kill a high-ranking Soviet official in China, Hel must survive a suicide mission to save his own life and the beautiful French spy that he loves.
SATORI
It's the height of the Cold War.
The game is lethal, the stakes enormous.
Nicholai Hel is on the board.DON WINSLOWwas born in New York City but raised in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. His books includeThe Power of the DogandThe Life and Death of Bobby Z.In addition to his writing, Don has been an actor, director, movie theater manager, safari guide and private investigator. Don lives in the San Diego area with his wife, Jean, and son, Thomas. He invites you to visit him at his websitewww.donwinslow.com.

TREVANIAN's books have been translated into more than fourteen languages and have sold million of copies worldwide. In addition toShibumi, Trevanian is the author of seven novels includingThe Eiger SanctionandThe Loo Sanction. In his 1979 international best-seller,Shibumi, acclaimed author Trevanian introduced readers to handsome mystic and ingenious assassin Nicholai Hel. In this compelling prequel, Winslow, whose popular novels includeSavages(2010) andThe Dawn Patrol(2008), details Hel's life leading up to Trevanian's opus.Satoriopens in the fall of 1951, in the throes of the Korean War. Twenty-six-year-old Hel has spenlC-