When billionaire Everett Sloan hires John Smith to take down his biggest rival, it´s not just because he´s a gun for hire. It´s because he reads minds. Paired with the beautiful Kelsey Foster and promised a reward that fulfils his wildest dreams, Smith can´t believe his luck. And then he finds out the target. Ranging from Silicon Valley to the mountains of Afghanistan and the skyscrapers of Dubai, Christopher Farnsworth´s The Reader is a dazzlingly original thriller that introduces a totally unique new action hero.