CRITICAL SPACE Code-named Drama, she is a lightning-fast death machine — a hitwoman sought by intelligence agencies around the world. Drama kills as easily as she breathes ... and the last time she and Atticus Kodiak met, they barely escaped each other alive. This time, Drama is the one who is running from a killer. She needs Atticus’s help, and won't take no for an answer. But what Drama needs from him will destroy his reputation — and siding with her means he can never turn back. From New York’s Russian enclaves to the Swiss Alps and the Caribbean, Atticus becomes Drama’s protector, and her only hope for survival as she tries to outlive and outrun her bloody past. But once immersed in Drama’s high-stakes, covert world, Atticus breaks a cardinal rule: He gets to know Drama as a woman rather than just a client — and it’s a bond that could cost them both their lives. (Book 5 in the Atticus Kodiak series) Rights Information Publisher: Bantam, Hardcover (October 2, 2001) Thorndike Press, Largeprint (January 2002) Bantam, Mass market paperback (June 3, 2003) Territory: World Rights Available: Film/TV via Cheng Caplan Co. Reviews: "A skillfully orchestrated cat-and-mouse game during which cat and mouse have a most entertaining way of switching roles.... Deftly plotted, elegantly written: might just be the thriller of the year." - Kirkus Reviews, Starred review "The pace is good and the plot compelling. Best of all, Rucka's protagonists are well-rounded and sympathetic, convincingly resourceful and refreshingly low-key. Solidarity and friendship are as important as weaponry and tactics in this satisfying, character-driven thriller." - Publishers Weekly "Put Rucka on the short 'must read' list." - The Philadelphia Inquirer "[A] genuinely thrilling thriller, tidily written and deceptively plotted (surprises stay well hidden until the curtain is whipped away). The relationship between Atticus and Drama is fascinating and unpredictable... A first-rate thriller." - David Pitt, Booklist Blurbs: "What is remarkable about this book, and the [Atticus Kodiak] series as a whole, is not only the writing, which is crisp and concise, but the inside information from Rucka about what it takes to be a bodyguard, what the training is like, and how certain situations are defused. Rucka knows his stuff and deserves a wider audience." - Otto Penzler Purchase at Amazon.com

CRITICAL SPACE

Code-named Drama, she is a lightning-fast death machine — a hitwoman sought by intelligence agencies around the world. Drama kills as easily as she breathes ... and the last time she and Atticus Kodiak met, they barely escaped each other alive.

This time, Drama is the one who is running from a killer. She needs Atticus’s help, and won't take no for an answer. But what Drama needs from him will destroy his reputation — and siding with her means he can never turn back.

From New York’s Russian enclaves to the Swiss Alps and the Caribbean, Atticus becomes Drama’s protector, and her only hope for survival as she tries to outlive and outrun her bloody past. But once immersed in Drama’s high-stakes, covert world, Atticus breaks a cardinal rule: He gets to know Drama as a woman rather than just a client — and it’s a bond that could cost them both their lives.
(Book 5 in the Atticus Kodiak series)

Rights Information

Publisher: Bantam, Hardcover (October 2, 2001)
Thorndike Press, Largeprint (January 2002)
Bantam, Mass market paperback (June 3, 2003)

Territory: World

Rights Available: Film/TV via Cheng Caplan Co.

Reviews:
"A skillfully orchestrated cat-and-mouse game during which cat and mouse have a most entertaining way of switching roles.... Deftly plotted, elegantly written: might just be the thriller of the year." - Kirkus Reviews, Starred review

"The pace is good and the plot compelling. Best of all, Rucka's protagonists are well-rounded and sympathetic, convincingly resourceful and refreshingly low-key. Solidarity and friendship are as important as weaponry and tactics in this satisfying, character-driven thriller." - Publishers Weekly

"Put Rucka on the short 'must read' list." - The Philadelphia Inquirer

"[A] genuinely thrilling thriller, tidily written and deceptively plotted (surprises stay well hidden until the curtain is whipped away). The relationship between Atticus and Drama is fascinating and unpredictable... A first-rate thriller." - David Pitt, Booklist

Blurbs:
"What is remarkable about this book, and the [Atticus Kodiak] series as a whole, is not only the writing, which is crisp and concise, but the inside information from Rucka about what it takes to be a bodyguard, what the training is like, and how certain situations are defused. Rucka knows his stuff and deserves a wider audience." - Otto Penzler

Purchase at Amazon.com