Summary and Reviews of Hard Rain by Barry Eisler

Media Reviews

Cleveland Plain Dealer Rain...has sinned and suffered enough to make his soul-searching moving. [He] is still a true samurai at heart-one yearning for a master worthy of his devotion, a cause greater than himself.

Library Journal After triumphing with his debut, Rain Fall, Eisler is back to put half-Japanese, half-American protagonist John Rain through his paces. Here, freelance assassin Rain's devout wish to quit the business is not granted.

Publishers Weekly Eisler acknowledges the help of experts in many areas, but it's his own impressive literary skills that make his John Rain such a fascinating, touching and wholly believable character.

Kirkus Reviews Hard-boiled down to the ice-cold core of his survival-oriented soul, [Rain] is not much more than a machine, but expertly engineered at that, and fascinating to watch in action. [Eisler will] likely develop a decent-sized and loyal following with this series. Slick, moody stuff, with a plot that slips out of memory even as the pages turn.