![]() Victor is quite adept at manipulating situations in his favour but this time someone appears to have turned the tables on him. Victor enters the chess game of his life in Tom Wood‘s new superlative thriller It's this dichotomy that makes Victor such an intriguing character and Wood's books so enjoyable. I mean, while detailing how he is going to kill a bunch of Russian gangsters he transitions into being concerned a little girl might choke on a piece of fruit. For readers its a glimpse into an unfamiliar thought process sprinkled with the familiar. He doesn't allow swearing, blasphemy and a job is just that and nothing more. Wood takes us through Victor's mental checklist in almost every situation: the pros and cons of a location, how the enemy might attack/react, the various outcomes to his choices, and all that comes with killing nine other mercenaries or whatnot. ![]() Or is he? In Traitor, probably 75% is the inner monologue of Victor and Wood uses this time effectively. More than once I felt horrible for Victor. ![]() The book puts Victor in unfamiliar situations and forces the assassin to take risks that are out of character. You can probably guess revenge is on the menu but Traitor is so much more than that. Tom Wood's antihero, Victor, is one of the most fascinating and deadly characters in fiction. ![]()
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