New York: Putnam, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - With this highly praised debut, Eisler joins the ranks of Thomas Perry and others in creating a complex and multi-faceted hit man as his hero. "John Rain, killer, who works out modern Tokyo, is the son of an American mother, Japanese father, and trained with special forces in Vietnam..He is choosy about who his victims will be, and the deaths always seem to have happened by natural means. He is the best at what he does - discreet and efficient." SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-399-149104.