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Hitman: Enemy Within

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I really do recomend reading this book, it has everything that a fan of the game would want. William C. Dietz captured 47's emotions very well and sends you whirling into the assassins thoughts. This book also explains some of 47's childhood where the game explaind his past but never really touched his childhood and I liked that. I hope that there will be more Hitman books to come.

First off, I loved the games and am really looking forward to the upcoming movie. This book was well written and if you've played the games, you wont be disappointed as all the techniques Agent 47 uses are employed. Some reveiwers disliked the nudity/langauge used but I feel it was not overdone and enhanced the story. This is after all adult subject matter based on an adult game. The really cool thing I liked about this book was how it jumped all over the world and actually educated me about some places and customs. I look forward to (hopefully) many sequels and would love this to be a continuing series.

As a fan of the game series, I was very interested in this book. While not the deepest, intellectual read I've ever had, it was pleasantly surprised with the book. It takes the character to new places and does expand on what makes him tick. Some of the other characters are fairly flat and most are quickly dealt with by the protaganist. For someone with no knowledge of the games, it will be an easy, action-packed read. For a die-hard fan, there are plenty of "yea, right!" moments, but still I enjoyed the franchise (not 'The Franchise', mind you) moving to another media. All in all, a worthwhile purchase.

Hitman has good action throughout the book. The book is based off of the video games and it came out before the movie. Although the story line doesn't follow the story line for the games nor for the movie, it still is an amazing book. Detailed graphic parts make it for a more mature audience, but definitely a good buy

wow what a good book. was actually dissapointed that i finished reading it. i am a big fan of the games and was excited when i came across it. highly recommend to anyone who is fan of the games or not.

I liked the story which had a straight forward approach to writing. The author didn't spend too much time describing their surroundings which is somewhat of a time saver when trying to setup the mood. Most of the book is action packed so I could understand why. He gave enough information for you to filled in the gaps so he can tell the story. It isn't one of those who-done-it books. Also, it doesn't really go back and describe Agents 47's history, but goes into a new story altogether and really is well written. If you want an action packed book that you won't want to put down until you finish then you have picked the right book.

"Enemy Within" certainly starts off with a bang, literally and figuratively. In the first few pages we will be introduced to the two main backstage gameplayers who will cause the conflict that will draw Agent 47 into the novel's story. We then skip to Washington State in which Agent 47 infiltrates a biker gang, and then is suddenly outed by Marla Norton, a rival assassin with the Puissance Treize company, and who has been hired to protect the gang, out an FBI mole, and to assassinate 47. Marla underestimates 47 and his resourcefulness, her assignment goes sideways, and people die. A lot of people die, hell, EVERYBODY dies thanks to 47, and Marla herself just barely gets out alive.

The Agency then realizes that there is a traitor in their top echelons and they start an internal investigation. Meanwhile, Agent 47 is given the assignment to find out who Marla is, and to track down an informant that knows who the traitor is, who is now being guarded by Marla, who is being given one last chance after screwing up in her last assignment.

After the Washington State slaughter in "Enemy Within", we quickly exit the U. S. and head over to the sleazier parts of Morocco, where we spend the bulk of the novel, as Agent 47 hunts Marla and the informant Al-Fulani, who Agent 47 can't kill, but must interrogate. During this part of the novel we are treated to much material in which we are shown glimpses of Agent 47's origin, and how Agent 47 operates, preferring finesse over clumsy and unwieldy slam-bang action. Not that there isn't a fair share of action, it's just that Agent 47 is man of many abilities, and being a master of disguise is one of them.

This is an adult adventure novel that isn't afraid to make the story and background tawdry, and possibly uncomfortable to the reader, and make the main characters unsympathetic. Agent 47 is a cold-blooded murderer and assassin, and Marla is truly a piece of work, as she is a sociopathic killer, assassin, whore, and child-rapist, who must protect Al-Fulani, a killer, murderer, arms dealer, white slaver, kidnapper, and a child-rapist himself. If Marla fails in this assignment after her last failure, she will be paid off with a bullet from the Puissance Treize, which is trying to destroy The Agency. It's this that gives Marla an edge of desperation, and to counter this, Agent 47 must succeed, or his only trustable contact in The Agency will be tortured to death, as his contact has been framed by the real traitor.

Dietz is good with characterization, as he keeps what is essentially, a shallow one dimensional killing machine interesting, while not afraid to leave some plot-threads dangling. "Enemy Within" does not have a neat and tidy ending as we are given the impression that there might have been plans for a sequel, or eventual series. Marla escapes, leaving her open to appear in a future "Hitman" novel. Although, since the movie tanked, and this novel was published two years ago, I guess we shouldn't hold our breath waiting for any sequel. Although I would have liked another novel in which there is a final confrontation between 47 and Marla, who makes a good counter-character to Agent 47.

Still, this book may not be for everybody because of the subject matter. Still, despite the hard realism of its plotlines, and its hard look at some very seamy individuals, "Enemy Within" has a matter-of-factness to its storyline, making this novel not particularly sensationalistic, or pornographic. Orphans are saved, and the final end to Al-Fulani is long over-due and deliciously appropriate.

I collect media related works, and I originally bought "Enemy Within" thinking that it would be a novelization of the (at the time) upcoming movie, and I always like to read novelizations after seeing the movie. Since the movie and the novelization are often created at the same time, but by different people, in theory, each work should have scenes and exposition that are not in the other. I was pleasantly surprised to find that "Enemy Within" wasn't a novelization of the movie but an " . . . official novel of the blockbuster video game!". Whatever THAT means, although, I guess, that "Enemy Within" is an original novel BASED on the game, and NOT a novelization of anything in particular. So, as such, how does it stand up? Pretty damn well by the reviews on this page, and those are by the fans of the game. As an outsider, who has never played the game, and has only seen the movie, which I liked, I can only say that found "Enemy Within" to be a fun and exciting novel, much like an adult "Mac Bolan" adventure.

I have been getting Dietz's novels for quite some time, and you can tell the worth of any writer not by their own original work, but by their work-for-hire jobs. And, Dietz is just as good at mainstream, modern action thrillers as he is at far-future military techno-thrillers. There coulda, and shoulda been a sequel, but it seems that this won't come to be, so if you can, buy, read, and enjoy this adult adventure novel, because you don't have to be familiar with the "Hitman" mythos to do so. I found "Enemy Within" exciting and well-written and this novel would have made a great movie in and of itself.

I had watched the movie, Hitman, and had questions after it was over. So, I looked on Amazon to see if there was a book that the movie was taken from. I found the book, which had evolved from a video game apparently.
I enjoyed the book but it did not have exactly the same story line. It did answer a few of my questions about the origin of the assasin but it left more questions. So, I have to check and see if there are more books in this series as it seemed apparent to me that sequels could definitely be written. The story line was intriguing and I was entertained through the entire book. It is a fast paced and exciting adventure story.

I really enjoyed this book, I was not expecting much when I picked it up and saw the low price.
The author was unknown to me aswell, however this book has been quite interesting and I really liked the way the character progressed.

The plot is rather shallow, but it didn't bother me that much.
The action and emotions of 47 were well written and I found them to be in line with the personality I was expecting.
The childhood parts were also very amusing and offer some more insights into the hitman experiment.

I hope to see more Hitman literature soon.

I started being a fan of hitman from the movie and so I bought this book which is a great buy