The reluctant assassin is Riley, a Victorian boy who is suddenly plucked from his own time and whisked into the twenty-first century, accused of murder and on the run.
Riley has been pulled into the FBI's covert W.A.R.P. operation (Witness Anonymous Relocation Program). He and young FBI Agent Chevie Savano are forced to flee terrifying assassin-for-hire Albert Garrick, who pursues Riley through time and will not stop until he has hunted him down. Barely staying one step ahead, Riley and Chevie must stay alive and stop Garrick returning to his own time with knowledge and power that could change the world forever.
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Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer (pronounced Owen) was born in Wexford on the South-East coast of Ireland in 1965, where he and his four brothers were brought up by his father (an elementary school teacher, historian and artist of note) and mother (a drama teacher). He first developed an interest in writing in primary (elementary) school with gripping Viking stories inspired by history he was learning in school at the time!
After leaving school he got his degree from Dublin university and qualified as a primary school teacher, returning to work in Wexford. He married in 1991 and he and his wife spent about 4 years between 1992 and 1996 working in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Italy. His first book, Benny and Omar, was published in 1998, based on his experiences in Tunisia; it has since been translated into many languages. A sequel followed in 1999, followed by some other books (see below).
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"Eoin Colfer". It is almost a new noun. People who read the Artemis Fowl series, Airman and other books written by him, know by now that he has a special way of writing. This has the characteristics of rather sarcastic humour, a he-narrator who, at some exiting point, starts a long explanation which you can only partly understand. This is probably why Colfer must be one the most known writers of this century! If you read other books by him, then you must certainly try "The Reluctant Assassin", the first book in W.A.R.P., which stands for 'Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme'. According to the female protagonist, the CIA probably put the 'Anonymous' in it because [quote by Chevie Savano] 'otherwise they would have WRP and what kind of acronym would that be?' (See what I mean with his way of writing? That way!) If you haven't read any books by Colfer, then this is the time to start with it. If you read other books by Colfer, then you'll notice that he has put in some things from other books. There is a street named Half Moon Street, which comes from the book "Half Moon Investigations" and some people might remember Otto Malarkey and Little Saltee from "Airman". At this time, there have been no mentions of Artemis Fowl, but, well, it's a series about time-travel, so maybe that's for another book in the series. This book is yet another one masterly written! Read it! You won't regret it!
