{"product_id":"the-last-assassin-stephen-cooper-9798195039813","title":"The Last Assassin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe night his father died, Victor should have died too.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis father kept the secret for years - kept it so well that when the village burned and the darkness came for them, Victor didn't understand why they were running. Only that they were. Only that his father turned east so they could go west. Only that he never came back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nightshade clan was supposed to be erased. A bloodline of assassins so thoroughly buried that only the hunters remained - and a name that someone powerful wanted to stop existing forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor is the last living piece of it. And that makes him more valuable dead than alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken in by his aunt Mel - a ruthless, uncompromising clan leader with no patience for sentiment and no tolerance for weakness - Victor is thrown into brutal training where the wrong move doesn't just hurt you. It kills the person beside you. Bound to a partner who wants nothing to do with him. Hunted by an enemy who seems to know every move before he makes it. And never far from the knowledge that his sister Sasha is still out there - held, moved, used as bait - while he bleeds in training yards and learns what it costs to become useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor isn't just fighting to survive.\u003cbr\u003eHe's fighting to become something dangerous enough to matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecause they don't just want him dead.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey want the last assassin erased.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is not a story about discovering power. It's a story about surviving long enough to aim it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Last Assassin\u003c\/b\u003e is the first book in an ongoing dark fantasy series - for fans of brutal training arcs, morally complex mentors, and found-family dynamics forged in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798195039813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Stephen Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172950155519,"sku":"9798195039813","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-assassin-stephen-cooper-9798195039813","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}