The Assassin

Nothing worse than a woman scorned, except a teenage girl whose family has been killed.

The story picks up from where the last one left off. Maia and Isabella have been hiding out and training for year. Pope’s life has imploded and he is not acting like the soldier and operative he once was. The mysterious Atari (love all the 80s references in the story) is back attempting to be puppet master.

I was not quite sure where things were going to go with the story, well other than assuming that Isabella and Maia were going to kick someone butt really hard.

Some plays and players become obvious as the story progressed. There is one piece that I thought would happen but it didn’t - curious if it still might. 

Lots of sneaky world traveling and carnage as they try to evade multiple parties and exact revenge. Science is baffled by thoughts and actions they didn’t think were possible. Questions of morality and ethics abound.

I cannot believe how many times a 16 year old girl was underestimated no matter all that she’s done to date. Those who did weren’t around long enough to contemplate their mistake.

I wondered about Pope’s motivation and he did as well. The poor man thought he’d not only let his family down but also Beatrix and Isabella. A heavy burden. 

The job is nearly done…just nearly

Happy Reading!