The Mantis, Kotaro Isaka
The Mantis, Kotaro Isaka
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The Mantis
A Novel

Author: Kotaro Isaka, Sam Malissa

Narrator: Pun Bandhu, Brian Nishii

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2023


Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Bullet Train and Three Assassins, a propulsive Thriller about a family man with a deadly secret lifeKabuto is a highly skilled assassin eager to escape his dangerous profession and the hold his handler, the sinister Doctor, has over him. The Doctor, a real physician who hands over Kabuto’s targets as “prescriptions” in his regular appointments with him, doesn’t want to lose Kabuto as a profitable asset, but he agrees to let him pay his way out of his employment with a few last jobs. Only the most lucrative jobs involve taking out other professional assassins, and Kabuto’s final assignment puts him and his family—who have no idea about his double life—in danger.The third book in a loose trilogy set in Kotaro Isaka’s imagined Tokyo criminal underworld, The Mantis features all the hallmarks of his work that listeners have come to crave—assassins with quirky codenames and modi operandi, action sequences, madcap energy, and razor-sharp humor—making the novel a frenetic audio experience that hurtles listeners toward a thrilling climax.

About Kotaro Isaka

Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and multi-award-winning writer whose books have sold millions of copies around the world. He has won the Shincho Mystery Club Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, the Japan Booksellers’ Award, and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize. His novel Bullet Train is an international bestseller and the basis for an upcoming major film from Sony Pictures, starring Brad Pitt and Joey King.

About Pun Bandhu

Pun Bandhu is an award-winning actor who has worked on Broadway, off Broadway, in TV, and in film. He is the recipient of the Colorado Theatre Guild’s Henry Award for Best Supporting Actor and New Dramatists’ Bowden Award for his distinguished collaboration on new works.

About Sam Malissa

Sam Malissa holds a PhD in Japanese Literature from Yale University. He has translated fiction by Toshiki Okada, Shun Medoruma, and Hideo Furukawa, among others.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Simon on August 10, 2023

I've been a big fan of Kotaro Isaka since reading Bullet Train (which was then 'Hollywoodised' in an entertaining enough film that went for big crashes and explosions with a pretty much completely western cast when really the book worked better). I enjoyed his follow up, Three Assassins - another ta......more

Goodreads review by Phu on July 25, 2023

Cảm ơn ba đã vất vả vì tụi con. Trong mắt gia đình, Miyake là một người đàn ông bình thường như bao người đàn ông khác. Nhưng thực tế, Miyake là một sát thủ với bí danh "Kabuto", và anh ta luôn cố gắng che giấu "bí mật" này với gia đình - bảo đảm sự an toàn cho họ nhất có thể. Là Tập 3 trong serie......more

Goodreads review by Kate on October 09, 2023

4.5 This book really grew on me. Bullet Train is a film I keep meaning to watch and I bright Three Assassins but still haven't read it so when I saw this I didn't put it together that it was the same author. Anyway, Kabuto is the main character. He's an assassin who is getting tired of doing the job.......more

Goodreads review by Jon on April 17, 2024

3.5 Another enjoyable hitman-themed comedic psychodrama from Kitaro. Still not quite as epic as Bullet Train but more consistent than 3 Assassins. An introverted hired killer with a teenage son and a nit-picky wife is beginning to feel the weight of his double life. His family thinks he is a distant......more

Goodreads review by Queralt✨ on September 05, 2024

The Mantis is the third installment of Kōtarō Isaka’s Assassins series and I think it’s my favorite story so far. The series is mostly standalones but the assassins featured show up in every book which is kinda nice if you like interconnected stories and cameos. The Mantis was the most emotional and......more


Quotes

“Three Assassins feels like a fever dream that makes sense when you’re in it, but whose strange contours linger long after you wake up.” New York Times on Three Assassins