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John "Sicarius" Gaines has been regarded as the best at what does does. He is a paid assassin, and he is ruthless. He will stop at nothing to complete any contract he is given.

He receives a contract for the death of New York Governor Tim Patton and completes the job quickly and efficiently. As the heat from the governor's death begins to trickle out, Sicarius finds himself entangled in an international drug-smuggling operation, of which Governor Patton was a key member.

Russian crime lord Kirill Krishnov soon learns of the blow to his drug empire from the governor's death and retaliates in full force.

Sicarius must not only fight for his own life but for the life of everyone who is dear to him.

©2019 Isaiah Lee (P)2019 Isaiah Lee Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Political Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Espionage Thriller Fiction Crime Suspense
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John Gaines is an assassin. He'd been trained for it since he was 12 by his foster father, Quincy. Now, at 28, he'd been working successfully for eleven years, always getting done what had to be done. His latest assignment, client unknown, was the assassination in public of the Governor of New York, Tom Patton, followed by the death of a strip club proprietor, any place, any time. What John hadn't been expecting was to reopen old feuds - and fall in love.

The stories within this main story arc are straightforward and simplistic, easy to follow and quick to read. Characterisation is basic, reliant on flashback remembrances to give solidity and motive to the main protagonists and neither John or Sky every become fully three dimensional living beings. (despite the occasional emotional flicker). Even the narration by Todd Waites , with personalized voices for each protagonist, failed to bring them to live although his well intoned reading made the listening a pleasure.

Even though it is flawed, The F.I.R.M. is good basic read for those who enjoy stories from the assassin's point of view. And the ending, though the book is complete in itself, leaves a clear opening for the second in a series. My thanks to the rights holder, who, at my request via Audiobook Boom,, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy. This review is given voluntarily and represents my truthful opinions

The world is full of a**h*les who need to die.

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I thought that this book had an interesting focal point in its main character - code name Sica, short for Sicarius, a top assassin in name as well as ability. And yet for an assassin, Sica, whose real name is John, achieves paltry number of kills by the end of THE F.I.R.M., so his birth name seems a whole lot more appropriate.

The love story was a bit too mushy for my liking as well as being wholly predictable, lacking the twists, turns and unexpected corkscrew turns that are the hallmarks of a good book with a romantic twist. At the end of the day, the genres lacked balance and what starts as action swiftly devolves into mushy romance.

Altogether an average story with a good narration.

Good start but I didn't enjoy the middle

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Would probably make a good action film. Full of action. Very manly type of story.

Fast paced and action filled

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