Near Enemy: A Spademan Novel
The Taut, Unflinching New Thriller from Adam Sternbergh, Author of the Critically-Acclaimed Shovel Ready New York is toxic—decimated by a dirty bomb years ago. The limnosphere is a virtual safe haven—if you’re rich enough to buy in. Spademan is a hit man—box-cutter at the ready. His latest...
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The Taut, Unflinching New Thriller from Adam Sternbergh, Author of the Critically-Acclaimed Shovel Ready New York is toxic—decimated by a dirty bomb years ago. The limnosphere is a virtual safe haven—if you’re rich enough to buy in. Spademan is a hit man—box-cutter at the ready. His latest job is to snuff out Lesser, a lowlife lurking around other people’s fantasies. As Spademan is about to close the deal, Lesser comes back from the limn with a wild claim: terrorists are planning to attack New York. Again. This time from the inside out. The warning sends Spademan down a dark path full of unsavory characters and startling revelations. A shadowy political fixer tells him of a long-running power struggle that goes all the way to City Hall. A brilliant Egyptian radical brings Spademan to the mysterious far-reaches of the limn. And a beautiful nurse holds the secret to what, and who, is behind these attacks—and she seems to want to help Spademan stop them. But he works best alone. Or so he thinks. Spademan has always had his share of enemies, but now they’re coming at him from all sides and it’s impossible to know whom to trust. To stay sharp, his only option might be the one thing he swore he’d never do again.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385349024 (0385349025)
ASIN: 0385349025
Publish date: 2015-01-13
Publisher: Crown
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
I enjoyed this book- great setting and amazing characters. I would suggest reading the first book in this series before picking up Near Enemy though. Although it was good, I felt like there were things going on that I should have known about- and would have known about if I had read Shovel Ready f...
I will admit to being a bit nervous about this -- Shovel Ready hit me in a sweet spot and I wasn't sure that Sternbergh was going to be able to follow it up with an unnecessary (I thought) sequel. Also, as long as I'm being honest -- without looking at my post or notes, I'm not sure I could've desc...
Until recently, Spademan's life was uncomplicated. He was a garbageman turned hit man. He didn't ask questions. He didn't investigate. He just took care of things other people paid to disappear. Then Grace Harrow happened (see Shovel Ready) and Spademan started to ask questions. Adam Sternbergh's Ne...
Publication Date: January 13th 2015 from Crown Source: Netgalley It’s a year after Shovel Ready. Persephone is ensconced with her newborn upstate; Simon the Magician is struggling to keep control of Harrow’s evangelical empire; and Spademan has accepted a seemingly routine job: to snuff out a no...