The Hostile Comrade — James Conroy

Every business person wants to make the ultimate deal, the “killing.” What if killing was your business and new employers decide to use that lethal talent to their advantage? Nick Riley has retired; he's no longer a black ops assassin. Now he has joined the corporate sector - only to discover that the ways of big business are as dangerous and vicious as the ways of warfare. To secure a valuable patent and cut its owner out of the lucrative profits, Riley's bosses blackmail him into committing murder. Still proficient in mercenary tactics, yet haunted by the orders he has carried out in the past, Riley weighs the options that stand between him and a new life. After all, he's only one more killing away from the peace he seeks.