James Patterson with Brian Sitts: The Perfect Assassin (UK 2023)

From the Publisher:
At this school, the first lesson is survival.
Dr Brandt Savage's plans for his sabbatical from the University of Chicago change drastically when he is enrolled in a school where he is the sole pupil.

His professor is relentless in her lessons. She's also his captor.

Savage is forced to undertake intense physical and mental training, with no idea why he was chosen or what is expected of him.

But as he learns more about his abductor, Savage discovers just how deeply entwined their lives are. And why, together, they must make a pledge:
Do right by all, and wrong to no one.

James Patterson with Brian Sitts: The Perfect Assassin. A ruthless captor. A deadly lesson. Penguin, ISBN: 9781529159837 (August, 2023), 400 p., £8.99.

James Patterson with Brian Sitts: The Perfect Assassin (UK 2022)

From the Publisher:
At this school, the first lesson is survival.
Dr Brandt Savage's plans for his sabbatical from the University of Chicago change drastically when he is enrolled in a school where he is the sole pupil.

His professor is relentless in her lessons. She's also his captor.

Savage is forced to undertake intense physical and mental training, with no idea why he was chosen or what is expected of him.

But as he learns more about his abductor, Savage discovers just how deeply entwined their lives are. And why, together, they must make a pledge:
Do right by all, and wrong to no one.

James Patterson with Brian Sitts: The Perfect Assassin. A ruthless captor. A deadly lesson. Century, ISBN: 9781529136579 (November, 2022), 400 p., £20.00, eBook £9.99.

James Patterson with Brian Sitts: The Perfect Assassin (USA 2022)

From the Publisher:
Prof. Brandt Savage -- grandson of the legendary action hero Doc Savage -- is forced into a top-secret training program where he discovers his true calling... as the perfect assassin.

Dr. Brandt Savage is on sabbatical from the University of Chicago. Instead of doing solo fieldwork in anthropology, the gawky, bespectacled PhD finds himself enrolled in a school where he is the sole pupil. His professor, "Meed," is demanding. She's also his captor.

Savage emerges from their intensive training sessions physically and mentally transformed, but with no idea why he's been chosen, and how he'll use his fearsome abilities. Then his first mission with Meed takes them back to her own training ground, where Savage learns how deeply entwined their two lives have been. To prevent a new class of killers from escaping this harsh place where their ancestors first fought to make a better world, they must pledge anew: Do right to all, and wrong to no one.

James Patterson with Brian Sitts: The Perfect Assassin. A Doc Savage Thriller. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 9781538721858 (November, 2022), 432 p., Hardcover $32.00, Trade Paperback $17.99, eBook $14.99.