Few images evoke a more powerful or frightening reaction than that of the assassin. Silently creeping into your room while you sleep, they plunge a pick deep inside your brain, or fill your snoring nostrils with poisonous vapour. Or perhaps skilled fingers from the shadows strike a vital point during mid-step; the coroners say it was a heart attack. Assassins are people to be feared, no doubt. But what do they fear? What do they dream of? What life, what world, are they longing to achieve with their actions? Is the killing just a job or is there some deeper motivation that drives them? And what happens when it all goes wrong?
In Assassins’ Canon a full gamut of would-be killers is explored: gangsters, henchmen, soldiers, newly-weds, the reluctant, the willing, the skilled, and the novice. And, for better or worse, all must bear the consequences of their choices.
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By seisa2
Dec 12, 2009
This is an interesting collection of a wide variety of assassin perspectives, from many different fiction genres. There's a little something for everyone here!
Wonderful book of short stories. If you like surprise endings and interesting plot twists and turns, you will love this book. All stories were written by members of Writing.com, a wonderful sight for writers of every skill and genre.
