Cain
3.5/5
()
About this ebook
HE WAS THEIR DEADLIEST KILLER
The late Roth Tiberius Cain, legendary CIA hit man, is gone, but not forgotten. A top-secret project code-named Genocide One has given him a chance to live again, and enough firepower to kill multitudes—and survive to kill another day.
NOW HE IS THEIR GREATEST NIGHTMARE
Grotesquely transformed, Cain has become the ultimate predator: a killing machine with the soul of a devil. And the only force that can stop him is a trio of flawed people: a soldier who lost his family and his soul to a terrorist’s bullets, a priest who has lost his faith to the power of sin, and the beautiful scientist who created Cain and then lost control of him. Now, in a ten-day countdown to Armageddon, all they have left to lose is the survival of the human race.
A Book of the Month Club Main Selection
Praise for Cain
“An action-packed novel filled with combat, big explosions, chases, and suspenseful confrontations.”—SF Site
James Byron Huggins
A veteran novelist and best-selling author, James Byron Huggins’ life story reads more like fiction than fact. His career as a writer began normally enough. He received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English Literature from Troy State University and then worked as a reporter for the Hartselle Enquirer in Hartselle, Alabama. Huggins won numerous awards for writing and photography before leaving journalism in 1985. With a desire to help persecuted people in Eastern Europe, Huggins moved to Fort Worth, Texas, to work in conjunction with organizations working in war-torn regions of the world. Huggins helped set up a system used to smuggle information and materials in and out of the Iron Curtain in 1987. Working primarily from the United States, he felt he needed to leave North America and lend more hands-on service, particularly in Romania. As a jack of all trades, Huggins photographed a secret police installation researching the illegal arrests and murders of religious dissidents and continued to orchestrate the smuggling routes used to provide badly needed assistance to the underground. Huggins even found the means of creating and putting into action a code that would allow freer communications between Romanian Christians working for their survival in the West. Needless to say, his life held few creature comforts during this long period. Hunted and often unable to use formal establishments like hotels or hostels, he was sometimes forced to hide in the forests or in protected basements for days at a time. After his time in Romania, Huggins returned to the United States and took up journalism once more. He again worked for a small newspaper and won several awards for writing and editing. Later he became a police officer for the Huntsville Police Department in Huntsville, Alabama. Promoted to Field Training Officer and after distinguished service with the department, he published his first novel, A Wolf Story, to international acclaim. His subsequent novels included The Reckoning, Cain, and Hunter, which were also met with praise and made numerous national bestseller lists. The theatrical rights for Cain and Hunter were subsequently optioned for over one million dollars apiece by Universal and Paramount studios respectively. Huggins is currently working on his tenth novel and lives in North Carolina.
Read more from James Byron Huggins
Leviathan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hunter Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dark Visions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrux Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thrilled to Death Volume One: Hunter, Cain, and Leviathan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Reckoning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Visions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Cain
Related ebooks
Sanctus: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Visions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Reckoning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Empire of Blood: A Dystopian Vampire Trilogy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsComes a Horseman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5HAVOC (Descendants Saga: Crisis Sequence Book 3) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beneath the Ice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Resurrection: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Champion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFallen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Void Protocol Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tainted Blood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIsland 731: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Rising: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Undeniable: A Supernatural Thriller Novelette Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVirgin Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Reckoning: Earth Haven, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSkin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Subhuman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Project Series Books 1-3: The Project Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChimera: A Jim Chapel Mission Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bad Moon Rising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In The Name of the Vampire Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Artful Evil: The Judas Files, #3 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Enemy: The Project, #23 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Omega Prophecy: The Fellowship of the Cross Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Apex Predator Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Action & Adventure Fiction For You
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Golden Notebook: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Outlawed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Invasion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wool: Book One of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crime and Punishment Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Billy Summers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Serpent: A Novel from the NUMA files Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5River God Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: by V.E. Schwab - A Comprehensive Summary Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Darkness That Comes Before Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Swamp Story: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Huckleberry Finn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Grace of Kings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Learn German! Lerne Englisch! ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND: In German and English Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Count of Monte Cristo Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Most Dangerous Game Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The End of the World Running Club Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Learn Italian! Impara l'Inglese! ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND: In Italian and English Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Scarlet Pimpernel Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bean Trees: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Read with Jenna Pick Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Termination Shock: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The King Must Die: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prodigal Summer: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Cain
24 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I've probably read this book a dozen times. Whenever I need to kill time, or want some familiar story, out it comes. Some of the basic ideas are out there, the idea of a soul possession takes some suspension of disbelief, but it is a great, fast read. When I learned the author was a screenwriter, it made sense, because I could really see the story as a movie or a bunch of set pieces as I read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book is a fast read and would be a great script for Sci Fi B-movie. I picked up this book because of the alluded religious/Sci Fi thriller. This is an action book, and not a mystery thriller. Basically you have evil being that possesses the scientifically enhanced body of a dead former CIA operative who was at his peak form at death, set free upon the world. And the hero, who is set upon stopping him with the help of the Catholic Church.Some of the book is written well. The action is non-stop. And the storyline is very easy to follow. The book has a good basis. The bad thing is that the author has not seemed to do his research. Not on the medical advancements he tries to use for the enhancement of the body. Nor in the geographic locations he inaccurately describes. But it is a fun read non-the less. Pick it up if you have a 2-hour flight. It will pass the time quickly.