
Throwaway Pawns
by James I. Marino
Publisher
Koehler Books
Publication
Nov 10, 2026
Format
Paperback/Softback
Illustrated
No
Price
19.95
Dimensions
6 x 9 in
ISBN
9798897473434
Pages
292
Age
Adult 18+
Category
General FictionThrillers
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Description
Author(s)
James I. Marino
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Throwaway Pawns
by James I. Marino
Leisje is a deadly operative for an off-the-books government program, guided by cold precision and haunted by a dark and turbulent past. Renton Clark is a volatile agent consumed by a decade-long obsession to avenge his murdered daughter. Both believe they are indispensable assets to their shadow handler, Parker, and the ruthless division chief behind him. They are wrong.
When a routine assignment spirals into bloodshed, revealing that their agency is purging its own ranks, Leisje and Renton realize they are nothing more than throwaway pawns. Forced into a tense alliance neither of them want, they must navigate a deadly gauntlet of hit squads, corrupt handlers, and buried secrets as they figure out who in the government can be trusted, if anyone.
To survive, an icy assassin and a father with nothing left to lose will have to turn on the shadowy machine that created them-before they are erased for good.
Author

James I. Marino
James I. Marino has taught English composition and public speaking for sixteen years at Southern New Hampshire University. He has also served as a competitive intelligence analyst at Lincoln Financial for twenty-six years. He published The Keepers of Mercia, a literary fantasy novel, in 2014. He holds a master of fine arts in fiction writing from Southern New Hampshire University. James resides in Canterbury, New Hampshire. During his free time, he enjoys seaside excursions and boating, as well as caring for his expansive fruit and vegetable gardens.
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