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Description edit
Alex Treven has sacrificed everything to make partner in his high-tech law firm. But then the inventor of a technology Alex is banking on is murdered—and Alex narrowly escapes an attack in his house. Running out of time, he calls his estranged brother, Ben, an elite undercover soldier in the... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Ben Treven: Black ops operative
- Alex Treven: Ben's brother. A soldier who worked for a secret department of Army and he was a killer as well. Associate at the Silicon Valley law firm of Sullivan, Greenwald, Priest & Savage.
- Sarah Hosseini: An Iranian American lawyer who works with Alex as a junior associate at Sullivan, Greenwald, Priest & Savage. And fell in love with Alex's brother, Ben
- David Osborne: Alex's Boss, a partner at Sullivan, Greenwald, Priest & Savage.
- Katie Treven: Sister of Ben and Alex
- Richard Hilzoy: Inventor of Obsidian
- Hank Shiffman: patent examiner; Director of PTO Technology Center
- Musamano: a champion highschool wrestler defeated by Ben in wrestling tournament
- Detective Gamez: San Jose Police Department homicide detective.
- Grigory Solovyov: shadowy Russian mobster
- Hort: Ben's commander in the JSOC
- Dr. Rosen: Menlo Park emergency suregon
- Wally: high-school boyfriend of Trevern's younger sister, Katie
- Randol: Menlo Park police officer
- Yegor Gorsky: shadowy Russian mobster
- Wanda: receptionist at Sullivan, Greenwald, Priest & Savage
- Arlo: The childhood dog.
- Tibaldi: Menlo Park police officer
- Larissa Lee: a highschool girlfriend of Ben's
- Alisa: Alex's secretary at Sullivan, Greenwald, Priest & Savage
- Atrios: special forces operative working for Hort
Setting & Locations edit
- Ise
- San Francisco
- Iran
- Palo Alto
- Istanbul
- Thailand
- Sullivan
- Columbus
- Valley
- Ankara
- Chinatown
- California
- Washington
- Stanford
First Sentence edit
The last thing Richard Hilzoy thought before the bullet entered his brain was, Things are really looking up.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Barry Eisler (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780345505088
Page Count: 302
Publisher: Ballantine
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780345505088
Page Count: 302
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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