The Reluctant Assassin (WARP Book 1)

<p><i>The Matrix</i> meets <i>Oliver Twist</i>, <i>WARP: The Reluctant Assassin</i> is the first of a major new series by Eoin Colfer, the bestselling author of <i>Artemis Fowl.</i><br><br>It all began with the FBI and WARP (Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme). Hiding witnesses in the past to protect the future - until now . . .<br><br>Riley is a Victorian orphan, hurtled into the twenty-first century and on the run from his evil master . . .<br><br>Albert Garrick, the terrifying assassin-for-hire pursuing Riley through time, along with . . .<br><br>Chevie Savano, the FBI's youngest and most impulsive special agent.<br><br>As Garrick relentlessly hunts them down, Riley and Chevie face a desperate race to stay alive and stop Garrick from returning to his own time - armed with knowledge and power that could change the world forever.<br><br>Colfer has the ability to make you laugh twice over: first in sheer subversive joy at the inventiveness of the writing, and again at the energy of the humour - <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>Readers mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart: this first book in the time-bending WARP series is an all-out blast. - <i>Publishers Weekly</i></p> <p><i>The Matrix</i> meets <i>Oliver Twist</i>, <i>WARP: The Reluctant Assassin</i> is the first of a major new series by Eoin Colfer, the bestselling author of <i>Artemis Fowl.</i><br><br>It all began with the FBI and WARP (Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme). Hiding witnesses in the past to protect the future - until now . . .<br><br>Riley is a Victorian orphan, hurtled into the twenty-first century and on the run from his evil master . . .<br><br>Albert Garrick, the terrifying assassin-for-hire pursuing Riley through time, along with . . .<br><br>Chevie Savano, the FBI's youngest and most impulsive special agent.<br><br>As Garrick relentlessly hunts them down, Riley and Chevie face a desperate race to stay alive and stop Garrick from returning to his own time - armed with knowledge and power that could change the world forever.<br><br>Colfer has the ability to make you laugh twice over: first in sheer subversive joy at the inventiveness of the writing, and again at the energy of the humour - <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>Readers mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart: this first book in the time-bending WARP series is an all-out blast. - <i>Publishers Weekly</i></p>