Chances are, if you’re a target of Billy Sum-mers, two immutable truths apply: You’Il never even know what hit you, and you’re really getting what you deserve. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the Business—but he’ll do the job only if the assignment is a truly bad person. But now, time is catching up with him, and Billy wants out. Before he can do that, though, there’s one last hit, which promises á generous payday at the end of the line even as things don’t seem quite on the level here. Given that Billy is among the most talented snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq War vet, and a virtual Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done, what could possibly go wrong? How about everything.
Part war story and part love letter to small-town America and the people who live there, this spectacular thriller of luck, fate, and love will grip readers with its electrifying narrative, as a complex antihero with one last shot at redemption must avenge the crimes of an extra-ordinarily evil man. You worít ever forget this stunning novel from master storyteller Stephen King . . . and you will never forget Billy.