<em>First there was Bond.<br>Then there was Bourne.<br>Now comes Hel.</em></br></br> Nicholai Hel-a Westerner by birth but an Asian by upbringing-speaks seven languages, kills with a naked hand, and is a master of the world's most challenging game of strategy: Go. All this has made him a very dangerous man-an assassin who blends in anywhere, doesn't need weapons to kill his targets, and sees ten moves ahead.<br>Released from three years of honing his mental and physical skills in solitary confinement on the condition that he kill a high-ranking Soviet official in China, Hel must survive a suicide mission to save his own life and the beautiful French spy that he loves. </br></br> <strong>SATORI</strong></br></br> It's the height of the Cold War.<br>The game is lethal, the stakes enormous.<br>Nicholai Hel is on the board.