Assassin's Game

By Stephen Johnson

Book Overview

Seth Anderson, a University of Wisconsin graduate student, has just uncovered several secret encrypted messages on the Internet that may implicate his new girlfriend in a series of seemingly unconnected murders throughout the Midwest. Unfortunately, for him, that?s the good news. The bad news is he?s just become the scapegoat in the Assassins Game. And while the body count rises around him, he?ll need to figure out the true motive for the killings and who?s behind them before the game ends, because unbeknownst to the players, the losers don?t get to play again...ever. For more information on Assassins Game and the author, please see the author?s website at www.stephen-johnson.com

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1413411975
• ISBN13: 9781413411973
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.7" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Assassin's Game

A good read! Don't start this book if you're just wanting to read yourself to sleep, you'll be up all night. Surprised to read that this is the author's first book. Well written, very interesting, out of the ordinary. Hope to see more from him.

Clear your day if you start this book,...

because you aren't going to want to put it down. (I'm glad I started it in the morning!) Clever plot-- kept me guessing. I loved the characters-- I liked that Seth wasn't a type-cast computer geek but an intelligent believable person you might actually know. (Or at least want to) The pages seemed to be turning themselves as I lost track of time. I went to sleep last night mentally casting the characters of what I hope will be a movie. I'm bummed there aren't a list of other books I can run out and read by this author.

Assassins Game will keep you plunging ahead

Nerdy but cute graduate student cracks a code and then is pursued by a lovely young lady. Coincidence? We think not! Add serveral near death experiences and even the most blase will be suspicious. The hero of this well-thought-out story is smart, clever and just quirky enough to be believable. You will find yourself having to read "just a few more pages" even though you are too tired to keep your eyes open, this book is a real page-turner. I don't want this to be a spoiler, so I can't go any further in my plot description (but don't trust the girl), but let it suffice to say that you will find this book exciting and entertaining! A rip-roaring read!

Like a Ferrari around a tight corner...

this book keeps you on the edge. There are lots of twists and turns, especially the one at the very end. Never saw it coming. If you like stories that come at you fast and furious and keep you turning the pages, then I think you'll like this one. This is the author's first novel and seems to be a great debut.The story takes place in Madison, Wisconsin and centers around Seth Anderson, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin. He's doing some gradute research on detecting hidden messages on the Internet that might be used by terrorists and criminals, when he stumbles upon some very strange messages that seem to be linked to several murders throughout the Midwest. I'd say more about these murders, but I don't want to ruin the plot. Let's just say it's a very different type of setup than I've read before. As if this discovery isn't enough to keep Seth busy, he's beginning to suspect that Alicia, his new girlfriend, may really be out to steal his research. The story begins with several different threads and you wonder how they're all going to be tied together and explained at the end, but they are. This is one of those stories that stretches the reality of conspiracies a little, but then again in this day and age you never know what's possible. Also, isn't that what fiction is all about, stretching things a bit. If I want reality I'll turn on the news.

Page-turner from the Get Go!

Nerdy but cute graduate student cracks a code and then is pursued by a lovely young lady. Coincidence? We think not! Add serveral near death experiences and even the most blase will be suspicious. The hero of this well-thought-out story is smart, clever and just quirky enough to be believable. You will find yourself having to read "just a few more pages" even though you are too tired to keep your eyes open, this book is a real page-turner. I don't want this to be a spoiler, so I can't go any further in my plot description (but don't trust the girl), but let it suffice to say that you will find this book exciting and entertaining! A rip-roaring read!