CONTENTS

ALSO BY ROBERT B. BAER

TITLE PAGE

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PROLOGUE

INTRODUCTION

THE ASSASSIN’S CATECHISM

LAW #1: THE BASTARD HAS TO DESERVE IT

LAW #2: MAKE IT COUNT

LAW #3: PLACATE THE EDIFICE UNTIL IT’S TIME TO BLOW IT UP

LAW #4: EVERY ACT A BULLET OR A SHIELD

LAW #5: ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP FOR EVERYTHING

LAW #6: TEND YOUR REPUTATION LIKE A RARE ORCHID

LAW #7: RENT THE GUN, BUY THE BULLET

LAW #8: VET YOUR PROXIES IN BLOOD

LAW #9: DON’T SHOOT EVERYONE IN THE ROOM

LAW #10: NEVER CEDE TACTICAL CONTROL

LAW #11: OWN THE GEOGRAPHY

LAW #12: MAKE IT PERSONAL

LAW #13: NO DANCING WITH THE FEATHERS

LAW #14: DON’T GET CAUGHT IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO

LAW #15: DON’T MISS

LAW #16: IF YOU CAN’T CONTROL THE KILL, CONTROL THE AFTERMATH

LAW #17: HE WHO LAUGHS LAST SHOOTS FIRST

LAW #18: LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNING OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY

LAW #19: ALWAYS HAVE AN ENCORE IN YOUR POCKET

LAW #20: NOTHING WOUNDED MOVES UPHILL

LAW #21: GET TO IT QUICKLY

 

CHRONOLOGY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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