Over the past two years, London has been swept by the waves of one of the bloodiest wars between gangster groups. Shootings in the streets, kidnappings and car accidents have become the norm for terrified citizens. Until recently, Frank Harrison successfully controlled his gangland territory, but recent events clearly indicated that his reign could soon come to an end. In the novel The Hitman, someone is definitely out to destroy all his people, and possibly himself, to wipe out from the face of the earth any mention of the leader of a powerful criminal group. But who is he? Who is he, this man, who so unexpectedly invaded the already terrible world of cruelty, corruption, madness, rage and death? Who has a power more powerful than revenge, more deadly than a truck full of explosives, and more terrible than any nightmare?..