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A review by 3no7
Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton
4.0
“Exit Strategy” by Steve Hamilton is the second book in the Nick Mason series. While this can be read as a “stand-alone,” I recommend that readers start by reading the first book, “The Second Life of Nick Mason.” They share the same characters, and there are multiple references to events in the first book throughout this book. For first-time readers, this book is three stars because it is somewhat difficult to categorize all the people, places, and events without having read the first book. For returning readers, it is five stars.
Nick Mason has been given “twenty years of his life back in exchange for his service to Darius Cole. On call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. To do whatever was asked of him.” Despite his desire to do as little harm as possible, for example by using “nonlethal but incapacitative trauma silicone plugs” rather than traditional bullets, he cannot escape his job – a hired killer. “Mason had always lived with violence. But now Mason was the violence.”
This book has significant explicit violence, and no one escapes it. The action moves with a lightning-fast pace, and the blood flows just as quickly. It is gritty, dynamic, and suspenseful. The story-line has twists and turns that will keep you constantly guessing. No one is like-able, and no one comes out unscathed. The surprise ending opens yet another door into which we readers will eagerly plunge headfirst.
NetGalley gave me a copy of “Exit Strategy” in exchange for an honest review. I had previously read “The Second Life of Nick Mason,” and loved this sequel.
Nick Mason has been given “twenty years of his life back in exchange for his service to Darius Cole. On call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. To do whatever was asked of him.” Despite his desire to do as little harm as possible, for example by using “nonlethal but incapacitative trauma silicone plugs” rather than traditional bullets, he cannot escape his job – a hired killer. “Mason had always lived with violence. But now Mason was the violence.”
This book has significant explicit violence, and no one escapes it. The action moves with a lightning-fast pace, and the blood flows just as quickly. It is gritty, dynamic, and suspenseful. The story-line has twists and turns that will keep you constantly guessing. No one is like-able, and no one comes out unscathed. The surprise ending opens yet another door into which we readers will eagerly plunge headfirst.
NetGalley gave me a copy of “Exit Strategy” in exchange for an honest review. I had previously read “The Second Life of Nick Mason,” and loved this sequel.