A subway train in downtown Tokyo - and John Rain must kill a man in cold blood. For an ex-special forces man turned assassin for hire, the job poses few problems.
But its aftermath proves anything but simple. For Rain soon finds himself drawn to the dead man's daughter - a beautiful jazz pianist called Midori - and is then horrified to discover that she too has become a target.
Now Rain must use all his resources - black ops training, state-of-the-art gadgetry, his legendary martial arts skills - to protect the girl. And to keep his own
identity a secret...