18 books like The Red Cobra

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The Winter of Frankie Machine

The Winter of Frankie Machine Don Winslow · 2006 · ★ 4.5 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Frankie Machianno, a hard-working entrepreneur, passionate lover, part-time surf bum, and full-time dad, is a widely recognized pillar of his waterfront community. He is also a retired hit man. Once better known as Frankie Machine, he was a brutally efficient killer. Now someone from his past wants him dead, and after a botched attempt on his life, Frankie sets out to find his potential killers.… Shares Assassins

Contact zero David Wolstencroft · 2005 · ★ 3.6 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Framed and dispossessed for a crime he did not commit during his first assignment, recent Spy School graduate Ben Locke learns that several of his fellow classmates have been murdered, a situation that forces him to search for the enigmatic Contact Zero, a mythical helper of Agency ex-members. Shares Assassins

Thin air Richard K. Morgan · 2018 · ★ 4.5 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate "From the moment Richard K. Morgan's dazzling debut, Altered Carbon, burst onto the scene, it was clear that a distinctive new voice had arrived to shake up science fiction. His subsequent novels--including the sequels Broken Angels and Woken Furies--confirmed him as a master of hard-boiled futuristic thrillers. Now Morgan returns to the world of SF noir with a riveting tale of crime, corruption,… Shares Assassins

Deadly Pursuit Nina Croft · 2013 · ★ 4.1 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Assassins with this book.

The Assassin's Blade

The Assassin's Blade Sarah J. Maas · 2014 · ★ 4.4 · 463p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Celaena Sardothien owes her reputation to Arobynn Hamel. He gave her a home at the Assassins' Guild and taught her the skills she needed to survive. Arobynn's enemies stretch far and wide - from Adarlan's rooftops and its filthy dens, to remote islands and hostile deserts. Celaena is duty-bound to hunt them down. But behind her assignments lies a dark truth that will seal her fate - and cut… Shares Assassins

Berserker Fred Saberhagen · 1967 · ★ 3.9 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate [Berserkers][1]: Relentless, remorseless, pity less, tireless, adaptive, cunning, self replicating, artificially intelligent, genocidal doomsday weapons of a long forgotten interstellar war between two extraterrestrial races known as the Builders (the Berserker creators) and their enemies the Red Race (both now extinct). Berserkers have only one programmed directive and purpose "Destroy all… Shares Assassins

Assassin's Fate Robin Hobb · 2017 · ★ 4.7 · 850p · ≈ 28h · Moderate "The stunning conclusion to Robin Hobb's Fitz and the Fool trilogy, which began with Fool's Assassin and Fool's Quest "Every new Robin Hobb novel is a cause for celebration. Along with millions of her other fans, I delight in every visit to the Six Duchies, the Rain Wilds, and the Out Islands, and can't wait to see where she'll take me next."--George R.R. Martin More than twenty years ago, the… Shares Assassins

Roadmarks Roger Zelazny · 1979 · ★ 3.8 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The Road runs from the unimaginable past to the far future, and those who travel it have access to the turnoffs leading to all times and places--even to the alternate time-streams of histories that never happened. Why the Dragons of Bel'kwinith made the Road--or who they are--no one knows. But the Road has always been there and for those who know how to find it, it always will be! Shares Assassins

Wyrmeweald Bloodhoney Paul Stewart · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Micah finds that winter is a dangerous time in the wyrmeweald. In addition to the intense cold, Micah and his friends Eli and Thrace are being hunted by an assassin intent on vengeance. Shares Assassins

Good news, bad news David Wolstencroft · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Who could have guessed that a bureaucratic error would send two secret agents to the same 'cover' job, working in a shabby photo-processing booth, where each must keep his identity secret from the other while awaiting orders. On discovering the mistake, the two men decide to go on the run together. Shares Assassins

The Quest of the Sacred Slipper Sax Rohmer · 1914 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This is a Fiction Action and Adventure Story Book. It tells that I was not the only passenger aboard the S. S. Mandalay who perceived the disturbance and wondered what it might portend and from whence proceed. A goodly number of passengers were joining the ship at Port Said. I was lounging against the rail, pipe in mouth, lazily wondering, with a large vagueness. What a heterogeneous rabble it… Shares Assassins

Bride of the night Heather Graham · 2011 · 379p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Pinkerton detective Finn Dunne and Confederate spy Tara Fox (both half-vampires) attempt to foil a conspiracy to kill President Lincoln while warding off attacks by rogue vampires and settling their differences in each other's arms. Shares Assassins

Assassin's Quest

Assassin's Quest Robin Hobb · 1997 · ★ 4.3 · 848p · ≈ 28h · Challenging From an extraordinary new voice in fantasy comes the stunning conclusion to the Farseer trilogy, as FitzChivalry confronts his destiny as the catalyst who holds the fate of the kingdom of the Six Duchies...and the world itself.King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz--or so his enemies and friends believe. But with the help of his allies and his beast magic, he emerges from… Shares Assassins

Angel time Anne Rice · 2009 · ★ 3.5 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Anne Rice returns to the mesmerizing storytelling that has captivated readers for more than three decades in a tale of unceasing suspense set in time past--a metaphysical thriller about angels and assassins.The novel opens in the present. At its center: Toby O'Dare--a contract killer of underground fame on assignment to kill once again. A soulless soul, a dead man walking, he lives under a series… Shares Assassins

Jimmy Coates Joe Craig · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In this action-packed sequel to Jimmy Coates: Assassin?, government agency NJ7 wants Jimmy working for them or they want him dead. Not only must he fight off someone as dangerous as himself, he must also confront the man he fears the most--his father. Shares Assassins

Heir of Fire Sarah J. Maas · 2014 · ★ 4.5 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak-but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth…a truth about her heritage that could change her life-and her future-forever. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. Will Celaena find the strength to not only fight her inner… Shares Assassins

The Reluctant Assassin Eoin Colfer · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Assassins with this book.

Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb · 1995 · ★ 4.2 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father's gruff stableman. He is treated like an outcast by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz's blood runs the magic Skill--and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by… Shares Assassins

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