It's not how you play the game, it's how the game plays you...

    Sometimes I’m not sure I know who I am anymore, but I know I’ve finally reached a sense of necessary resignation to the realities of my existence. Life within Elite Counterterrorism Covert Ops—a secretive organization that doesn’t exist, operated by people who don’t exist—is not about right and wrong as I used to believe, but about survival. I was given only two choices: death, or the life of an assassin. Now there’s no turning back. I don’t know how many assassins Elite operates, but I know I’m unique among them. I was trained for more; taught to infiltrate, seduce, eavesdrop, steal, kill. I’ve learned how to withstand pain and how to inflict it. I was taught how to use my body to get what I need, how to use my mind to manipulate others, how to act, how to think, how to live. I would have recoiled in disgust at such an offer before having to assume a different identity every month. But not anymore. I’ve evolved into what I was trained to become, and although most of the times I don’t like what I have to do, I do it efficiently.

    My name is Alina Marinescu. I was trained to fight and kill, and this is what I do.

    A must read character driven story that captures the reader immediately, a wild ride of tension, intrigue and romance that very much needs Hollywood’s attention.

Riverside Editorial