W.A.R.P. · Book 1

The Reluctant Assassin

by Eoin Colfer

Published
1 January 2013
Pages
352
ISBN-13
9782070656585
Type
novel

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About this book

The Reluctant Assassin is the book that opens Eoin Colfer's W.A.R.P. series, published in 2013 at 352 pages. It's the natural place to begin the series, which ran to 3 books between 2013 and 2015, and is followed here by The Hangman's Revolution.

Its place in W.A.R.P.

The Reluctant Assassin is book 1 in the W.A.R.P. series. It is followed by The Hangman's Revolution. See the full W.A.R.P. reading order.

Riley is a Victorian-era street urchin and reluctant assassin's apprentice in 1898 London when a mysterious stranger who calls himself Chevie Trueblood saves his life -- and turns out to be a teenage FBI agent from the present day, on the run through a secret, unstable time-tunnel called W.A.R.P. (Witness Anonymous Relocation Program). When the assassin who trained Riley follows them through the portal into the 21st century, Riley and Chevie are forced into an uneasy partnership across two eras, hunted by a…

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