The Reluctant Assassin (WARP Book 1) [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

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Eoin Colfer is the megaselling author of the Artemis Fowl series, Half Moon Investigations, The Supernaturalist, Airman and The Legend of . . . books. His brilliant new series WARP is out now. Eoin lives with his family in Ireland. www.eoincolfer.com

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IT ALL BEGAN WITH THE F.B.I. AND W.A.R.P
Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme
Hiding witnesses in the past protects the future ­- until now . . .

RILEY
is a Victorian orphan, hurtled into the twenty-first century and on the run from his evil master

ALBERT GARRICK,
the terrifying assassin-for-hire pursuing Riley through time, along with

CHEVIE SAVANO,
the FBI's youngest and most impulsive special agent.

As Garrick relentlessly hunts them down, Riley and Chevie face a desperate race to stay alive and stop Garrick from returning to his own time - armed with knowledge and power that could change the world forever.

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'Don't move!' shouted Chevie, using her most serious F.B.I voice. 'Freeze or I will shoot.'

A weak voice came from somewhere inside the orange cloud. 'I am freezing, miss. My word on it.'

Before Chevie could wonder why the strange accent had her brain singing 'Consider Yourself', the cloud dissipated revealing the figure of a boy huddled over an old man.

The boy was alive but the man was not, probably because of the knife jutting from his chest . . .