Happily retired, Quarry turns down a million dollars to asassinate a presidential candidate. But it's not the sort of job you can just walk away from...
Even the enigmatic hit man called Quarry had to start somewhere. And for him that was the day he returned from Vietnam to find his young wife cheating. He'd killed plenty overseas, so killing her lover was no big deal. When he was recruited to use his skills as a contract killer, that transition was easy, too.