Colfer blends grisly moments of horror, sharply funny dialogue, science fiction spectacle, and characters with depth to create a story that strikes the ideal balance between escapist fun and thoughtful commentary on the ways history, both personal and global, can shape a person. Riley has been raised by Albert Garrick, a magician turned killer-for-hire as Garrick follows Riley to the present day, intent on changing the course of history, Riley and Chevie must use every bit of their expertise to take him down. After a bungled mission, Chevie has been sent to London where she is “babysitting a metal capsule,” which she learns is one end of a wormhole to the year 1898, when Riley (and a corpse) materialize, direct from the Victorian era. And its stars-17-year-old Chevie Savano, a quasi-disgraced FBI agent (of sorts), and Riley, the reluctant young assassin of the title-are every bit as dynamic as Artemis and Holly. Readers mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart: this first book in the time-bending WARP series is an all-out blast.Readers mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart: this first book in the time-bending W.A.R.P.

Ĭhevie Savano, the FBI's youngest and most impulsive special agent.Īs Garrick relentlessly hunts them down, Riley and Chevie face a desperate race to stay alive and stop Garrick from returning to his own time - armed with knowledge and power that could change the world forever.Ĭolfer has the ability to make you laugh twice over: first in sheer subversive joy at the inventiveness of the writing, and again at the energy of the humour - Sunday Times I didnt completely dislike the book - there were moments where it was perfectly entertaining But The Reluctant Assassin feels like more of a library book than a buyer for me. It was light and fast-paced and funny when I didnt expect it to be funny. Īlbert Garrick, the terrifying assassin-for-hire pursuing Riley through time, along with. However, the writing style was very true to Colfers original. Riley is a Victorian orphan, hurtled into the twenty-first century and on the run from his evil master. Hiding witnesses in the past to protect the future - until now. It all began with the FBI and WARP (Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme).

The Matrix meets Oliver Twist, WARP: The Reluctant Assassin is the first of a major new series by Eoin Colfer, the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl.

The reluctant assassin by eoin colfer