Amok

Not what I was expecting -Dox's origin story. Eisler is a good writer.

I don't usually write reviews of my books, but when I do, I do it as a warning for future readers. I was looking to read an espionage novel, this one was tagged as espionage. It is not an espionage novel.

Barry Eisler is the best sniper that ever snipped ever. Sorry, I mean Carl “Dox” Williams, because the main character is totally NOT a self-insertion of the author. The perfect Barry- sorry, Dox, is not only the best sniper, but he's also good-looking, charming, and funny, women love him and men want to be like him. He's a loose cannon but the Marines and CIA admire him so much that they still hire him for missions. He exudes “big dick” energy Spoilerand we will find out during a graphic sex scene that the author the protagonist has, in fact, a big dick.
But Dox Eisler is not perfect, his biggest flaw is that it takes him 40% of the book to get inserted into the plot. So if you were looking for an espionage novel, know that for almost half of it, you'll be reading family drama with occasional chapters of evil people doing evil things.

In Dox's next mission, he will have to work alongside a villainous foreigner named Joko. He's evil because he's not American and he's also evil. He loves to do evil things because he's the villain and he's evil. That's his entire personality.

We also have Female Protagonist who's perfect. She's beautiful, smart, has a great body and personality Spoilerand, obviously, she falls in love with Male Protagonist at first sight.

Some cool stuff does happen and the book will actually be entertaining, but only about 30% of it.