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Rory Miller's Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected includes seven elements that must be addressed to bring self-defense training to something approaching complete. These elements are: legal and ethical implications, violence dynamics, avoidance, counter-ambush, breaking the freeze, the fight itself, and the aftermath. Training that dismisses any of these areas leaves you vulnerable.

Cum ajunge legendar un asasin? In cazul lui John Rain, decisive au fost lectiile de tradare, lupte si iubire pe care le-a primit in 1972, in Tokio. Cartea raspunde la multe intrebari despre John Rain. De unde si cum si-a dezvoltat gustul pentru jazz si whiskyul de calitate? De ce a fost exilat atata timp din Japonia? Cum si-a dezvoltat abilitatile, dar si regulile personale dupa care avea sa-si conduca toate joburile?

Tema operei Asasinul din Tokio: Furia samuraiului este o situatie strict personala, care reprezinta o intruziune in viata profesionala a distributiei mele de asasini – practic, reversul subiectelor romanelor anterioare, in care situatia profesionala reprezenta o intruziune in viata personala.

Eu si Delilah ne intersectaseram in Macao, unde am descoperit ca eram interesati amandoi de dealerul de arme Achille Belghazi pentru uciderea caruia fusesem angajat, dar pe care oamenii lui Delilah il doreau viu ca sa obtina de la el informatii importante. Intr-un final noi doi izbutiseram sa convenim un armistitiu fragil si lucrurile se terminasera bine. Ba chiar foarte bine, daca puneam la socoteala luna pe care o petrecusem dupa aceea cu Delilah in Rio, inainte ca amandoi sa revenim in lumile noastre diferite.

Cine era Delilah? In ce fel prezenta ei avea sa-mi afecteze operatiunea? Aceleasi intrebari, bineinteles, pe care si le punea si ea despre mine. Dupa felul cum se comportase, stiam ca era antrenata. De aceea, era mai probabil sa lucreze cu o organizatie, decat sa fi actionat intr-o misiune privata. Si ca, in ciuda aparitiilor publice, nu era prietena lui Belghazi. Il insotea deoarece voia ceva de la el, ceva care se afla in posesia barbatului sau despre care credea ca s-ar fi aflat in posesia lui, dar pe care nu izbutise sa-l obtina deocamdata

John Rain isi doreste un singur lucru: dupa atatia ani traiti ca asasin platit, sa se retraga si sa locuiasca fericit impreuna cu frumoasa Delilah. Destinul a decis insa altceva… Un dusman demult uitat ii ia ostatic un prieten vechi si-l sileste pe japonez sa comita trei asasinate, care sa nu poata fi deosebite de niste decese naturale.

Dupa zece ani in care a luptat ca mercenar in Filipine, John Rain revine in Tokio, unde i se cere sa-l elimine pe ruso-japonezul Victor, care controleaza lumea asasinatelor din capitala Japoniei. Pentru a se apropia de acesta, intra in echipa lui si este trimis sa ucida un politician japonez. Rain vrea sa afle cine il dirijeaza pe Victor si de ce doreste moartea politicianului, dar dupa ce intra intr-o relatie sentimentala cu sotia celui din urma, lucrurile incep sa se precipite.

Afacerea asasinatelor are propria-i atractie gravitationala si daca te apropii prea mult, sau daca ramai prea mult in preajma ei, nu te vei elibera niciodata.

Traind discret si retras in Tokio, John Rain incearca sa-si evite vechea existenta de asasin, pana cand este abordat cu o oferta greu de refuzat. Rain si vechiul lui prieten Dox, alaturi de doi mercenari, sunt recrutati de colonelul Horton, faimos pentru operatiuni clandestine. Misiunea lor: eliminarea unor inalte oficialitati din guvernul american aparent asociate unei iminente lovituri de stat.

Am mers la un magazin cu articole pentru spionat din Shinjuku ca sa-mi cumpar cateva obiecte care aveau sa-mi fie necesare. Ceea ce oferea magazinul de vanzare aproape ca te speria: videocamere și microfoane mici cat gamalia de ac. Arme taser și spray-uri cu gaz paralizant. Freze diamantate și șperacle. Toate se puteau cumpara, desigur "exclusiv in scopuri educaționale". Eu m-am mulțumit cu un baston tactic ASP in stil Serviciul Secret – o chestie fioroasa ...

Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. You tell him who. You tell him where. He doesn’t care about why... Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist - and the daughter of his latest kill.

When a joint FBI-Seattle Police investigation of an international child pornography ring gets too close to certain powerful people, sex-crimes detective Livia Lone becomes the target of a hit that barely goes awry - a hit that had been offered to John Rain, a retired specialist in "natural causes." Suspecting the FBI itself was behind the attack, Livia reaches out to former Marine sniper Dox. Together, they assemble an ad hoc group to identify and neutralize the threat. There’s Rain. Rain’s estranged lover, Mossad agent and honeytrap specialist Delilah.

All John Rain wants is to get out of the killing business. But with his discretion, his reliability, and his unique talent for death by "natural causes," no one is willing to let him just retire. So when an old nemesis from the Japanese national police force comes to him with a new job - eliminate Murakami, a killer even more fearsome than Rain himself - Rain knows he can't refuse. Aided by an achingly desirable half Brazilian, half Japanese exotic dancer he knows he shouldn't trust, Rain pursues his quarry into the heart of a shadow war between the CIA and the yakuza.

Ten years ago, the daughter of Homeland Security Investigations agent B. D. Little vanished into thin air. So did seven other girls - the crimes all bearing the same signature characteristics. Now the disappearances have begun again. And Agent Little’s efforts to investigate are being blocked by forces far above his pay grade. Desperate, he turns to Seattle sex-crimes detective Livia Lone, the most obsessive hunter of predators Little knows.

Returning to Tokyo in 1982 after a decade of mercenary work in the Philippines, a young John Rain learns that the killing business is now controlled by Victor, a half-Russian, half-Japanese sociopath who has ruthlessly eliminated all potential challengers. Victor gives Rain a choice: kill a government minister or die a grisly death. But the best route to the minister is through his gorgeous Italian wife, Maria.

For sex-crimes detective Livia Lone, a position with a government anti-trafficking task force is a chance to return to Thailand to ferret out Rithisak Sorm, the kingpin behind her own childhood ordeal. But after a planned takedown in a nightclub goes violently awry, Livia discovers that she's not the only one hunting Sorm. Former marine sniper Dox has a score to settle, too, and working together is the only way to take Sorm out.

Seattle PD sex-crimes detective Livia Lone knows the monsters she hunts. Sold by her Thai parents along with her little sister, Nason; abused by the men who trafficked them; marooned in America...the only thing that kept Livia alive as a teenager was her determination to find Nason. Livia has never stopped looking. And she copes with her failure to protect her sister by doing everything she can to put predators in prison.

What makes a legendary assassin? For John Rain, it was the lessons of love, war, and betrayal he learned in Tokyo in 1972. Fresh from the killing fields of Southeast Asia, Rain works as a bagman under the watchful eye of his CIA handler, delivering cash to corrupt elements of the Japanese government. But when a delivery goes violently wrong, Rain finds himself in the crosshairs of Japan’s most powerful yakuza clan.

For former Marine sniper Dox, a long-range hit in Cambodia was supposed to be just business as usual. But when you find yourself mixed up with rogue intelligence operations, gorgeous bar girls, and the world's worst human-trafficking heart of darkness, business is anything but usual. And making it personal is the most dangerous business of all.

For Delilah, the Mossad's top seductress, the parameters of the assignment were routine. The contractor: MI6. The objective: infiltrate a terror network, this one operating out of London. The stakes: a series of poison gas attacks on civilian population centers.There's just one wrinkle. The target is a woman - as smart, beautiful, and committed as Delilah herself. And for a cynical operative thrust suddenly out of her element, the twists and turns of the spy game are nowhere near as dangerous as the secrets and desires of the human heart.