I am the Weapon (The Unknown Assassin Book 1)

I am the Weapon (The Unknown Assassin Book 1) by Allen Zadoff

355 Pages

Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers

Release Date: May 13, 2014

Fiction, Teens, Young Adult, Action, Adventure, Spies, Violence, Assassinations

The boy kills his friend’s father and then fights off a carful of men. Who is this sixteen-year-old? He has a mother and father, but they are his trainers and handlers. He has been raised to be an assassin. His next assignment is in New York City. He is supposed to kill the mayor, but his heart gets in the way. Then he comes to the aid of a nerd named Howard.

The book has a steady pace, the characters are developed, and it is written in the first-person point of view. The original title of the book is Boy Nobody.  If you like the Bourne series or the Orphan X series, you will enjoy this book.