The Manchurian candidate

About this book

Sgt Raymond Shaw is a hero of the first order. He's an ex-prisoner of war who saved the life of his entire outfit, a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the stepson of an influential senator...and the perfect assassin. Brainwashed during his time as a POW he is a 'sleeper', a living weapon to be triggered by a secret signal. He will act without question, no matter what order he is made to carry out.

To stop Shaw, his former commanding officer must uncover the truth behind a twisted conspiracy of torture, betrayal and power that will lead to the highest levels of the government...

Subjects

• assassins
• brainwashing
• cold war
• fiction
• fiction, espionage
• fiction, mystery & detective, general
• fiction, political
• fiction, suspense
• fiction, thrillers
• fiction, thrillers, espionage
• fiction, thrillers, general
• fiction, thrillers, suspense
• korean war, 1950-1953
• large type books
• mothers and sons
• mothers and sons, fiction
• political fiction
• politicians' spouses
• veterans
• war