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    I Am the Mission

    Written by Allen Zadoff

    Narrated by John Salwin

    4.5/5

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    He was the perfect sold assassin.

    Boy Nobody: No name. No past. No remorse. At least until he began to ask questions and challenge his orders – until he fell in love with his target Now The Program is worried that its valuable soldier has become a liability.

    Boy Nobody, haunted by the outcome of his last assignment, is given a

    His objective: Take out Eugene Moore, the owner of a military training and indoctrination camp for teenagers. One target. Limited time frame. Public place. It sounds simple, but a previous operative couldn't do it. He lost the mission and is presumed dead. Boy Nobody is confident he can finish the job. Quickly.

    But when things go awry, Boy Nobody finds himself lost in a mission where nothing is as it seems: not The Program, his allegiances, or the truth.

    The riveting second book in the Unknown Assassin series by Allen Zadoff delivers heart-pounding action and thought-provoking characters, as well as a new, exotic setting, a new mission, and new secrets to be revealed.

    A Hachette Audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateJun 17, 2014
    ISBN9781478953616
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    • 5/5
      I AM THE MISSION is the second book in a new young adult series by Allen Zadoff and it is a tight, fast paced action adventure that reintroduces Boy Nobody from the first book, I AM THE WEAPON. Boy Nobody is an assassin for The Program who is highly successful. He manages to infiltrate close in to his target, kill and remove himself from the scene without raising suspicions. He is 16 and for all intents appears to be a normal, maybe slightly above average looking high school kid, but that is his cover. He infiltrates through the teens of his target and then goes for the kill. In this outing he must close in on an ex-Army officer who is running a survivalist camp for teens. The last agent from The Program to go in has been lost so Boy has strict orders not to go into the camp, merely complete the mission at an introductory meeting for the next group of summer campers held far from the compound.But when Boy feels the need to enter the camp to complete his mission, The Program disavows him, leaving boy to face a camp full of armed zealots who would stop at nothing to stop Boy from completing the mission.But even when the mission is over, it isn’t. There is an even greater terror facing Boy, a terror he may not be able to overcome.Along the way Boy begins to acknowledge that the Program may not be what it appears to be, his reason for being caught up in it may all belies, and that he has been used by people he might not be able to trust.The thought of a teen assassin who wouldn’t question what he is doing, who feels no feelings, well that does not make me sleep well at night. But there is more to Boy Nobody than mere blindly obeying orders: there is a growing awakening within the character that makes him more than a puppet and something worth following.This was a Goodreads winner from start to finish, made even better in that I received both books in the series. Now I just have to find time to read the first.
    • 5/5
      Zach, now known as Daniel, is sent by The Program to Camp Liberty to investigate what happened to the last agent sent to this mysterious camp run by an ex Army general. Zach/Daniel is under suspicion by The Program because he didn't exactly follow protocol on his last mission. Now he has to find out what happened while still questioning his allegiance. Another fast moving and exciting novel with many twists and turn. He is faced with new information and choices. What choice will he make and how will it impact his future as he searches for the answers to his questions?
    • 3/5
      A much needed sequel to I Am the Weapon, we follow Zach-his real name!- into his next mission - not long after the ending of the first book. Again, Zadoff weaves a taut plot and tension filled action, with the internal musings of our protagonist. I was hoping Zach's back story - his repressed memories of his former life with his real mom and dad would be fully explained, but some more details do emerge from his recollections. The new mission: take out an extremist leader of a military style training camp, a camp and movement which recruits teens. The trainees are exhorted to question gov't, practice commando/urban terrorist "games", and work with real weaponry. Sadly, this doesn't seem too far fetched. Zach ("Daniel" for the purposes of his new mission) has to join the group and get close enough to Moore, the leader, in order to assassinate him. Along the way "Daniel" becomes involved with Moore's own children: Lee, his gung-ho son, and Miranda, who while dedicated to the cause, is more than willing to keep secrets. Zach also continually questions whether or not the Program and his handlers have abandoned him. The book is filled with suspenseful, sometimes deadly scenes, but a bit of light-hearted teen bonding occurs when Howard, the geeky prep school guy he meets in book one reappears. Looks like Zach has a true "sidekick"; Howard provides indispensable help and even comes to Zach's rescue at one point. The climactic scene at the end of the novel reads just like a Hollywood movie - the taking down of the entire electrical grid of Boston, and the attempt to bring down the new JFK Federal Building with an enormous amount of explosives parked in vans below the street level. Mostly believable, definitely suspenseful and centered on the struggles of Zach, both within himself, and with his relationship to the Program, this is a great read for teens, esp teen boys.
    • 5/5
      I can't say enough good things about this book. First, I was hooked by Boy Nobody in the first book, when he was just innocently falling for a girl and trying to figure out how he ended up being an assassin. Here in the second book, he's not only questioning it, he's fighting against it. And this fight is great. He's such an endearing character that you can't help but root for him. I am so excited to read the next installment in this series!!
    • 5/5
      If you have read my review for the first in the series than you will know just how much I loved it and just how hooked I was from the start. In the first book you get to meet Boy X as I like to call him, a young boy of just 16 who has been trained to be an assassin by the very people who killed his parents. In the first book we hear his doubts, we see how he's started to mistrust the people who changed his life for ever, and it ends with him doing something he really didn't want to do and more confused.In this book, Boy X is yet again thrown in at the deep end. When one of The Programs people go missing 6 months into a mission, the task falls into the hands of our boy assassin. The objective? kill Eugene Moore, the owner of an extremist military training camp for teenagers. He's been told that under no circumstance is he allowed to to it at the camp, where communication is cut of. Instead he is to finish the job in a one to one meeting with Eugene at the event hosted to find potential candidates for training. Unable to do so, he agrees to go to the camp. Once he's in though, its very hard to get back out again. I personally liked this book a lot more than the first. Maybe its because there was more action, and the characters, I liked the new character more than the last, and I suppose it didn't hurt when some old faces poked their head around the corner. Either way I found it more... entertaining shall we say than the last. I feel like Boy X had really grown to and I loved reading his character development and I love finding out more about The Program it's self. I'm hoping in the next book everything will come to a close nicely and and all the unanswered questions are answeredThe series isn't well known, it isn't on everyone radar and that's what makes it so special. It's a hidden gem that deserve to be picked up and appreciated
    • 4/5
      Intriguing! I am not a "spy" book fan but this one was great! The conflicts are realistic and the action keeps you on the edge of your seat. The story grabbed me from the first pages and refused to let go. Boy Nobody is a captivating character and I had to keep reading to find out what would happen to him next. I am putting this one in my class library. A great read for all fans of YA!
    • 5/5
      This book smacked me in the face in the best way possible. One of the few instances where the second book in a series was BETTER than the first, Allen Zadoff has knocked YA spy thrillers to another level with "I Am the Mission." The stakes are higher for Boy Nobody and the opponents more cunning, sharp on Boy Nobody's tail. I loved every minute of this book and can't wait for the third in the series! Thank you to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers & LibraryThing for an ARC to be used for honest bookseller/ review purposes.
    • 4/5
      I was so excited to read the second book in THE UNKNOWN ASSASSIN series. Allen Zadoff writes an action packed spy story for teens. I can't wait to add this to my classroom library!
    • 5/5
      Fast paced action kept me on the edge of my seat and turning the pages until none were left... When does #3 come out!
    • 5/5
      "You're dying right now and you don't know it. You are asleep and dying. I'm trying to wake you up." (I Am The Mission)Well, Zadoff woke me up with his second book in The Unknown Assassin series. Now I am waiting for the next page-turning mission.***A copy of this book was provided to me by the author in exchange for an honest review.***
    • 5/5
      Received from LibraryThing.com for review.Rated by my daughter age 14.This continues the story of the kid assassin from the first book. He still has to kill people (traitors). He's sent to kill a leader of some isolated group. He has more conflict about his job and his loyalty to The Program. This plot is very twisty. I can't wait to read more of the series.
    • 4/5
      I Am the Mission is the second book in the Boy Nobody series. I haven't read the first book, so picking up a book in the middle of the series felt weird. It took about 100 pages until I understood the characters and setting, but once I did, I had no problem finding my way through the book. This book read like a Jason Bourne movie or a Tom Clancy novel: fast-paced and action packed. The only slight issue I have are the references to current events such as 9/11, the Syrian War, and the Boston Marathon bombing. While this does take place in America, it's a fictional, futuristic America.
    • 4/5
      I am the Mission is like Bourne Identity for Young Adult readers which is not a bad thing. The book was fast paced, had interesting plot turns, and was hard to put down. I read the whole book in two evenings.Basically, the book is about a teenage killer/spy who is part of "The Program" and is just back from a mission where he killed a young girl that he loved. He is questioning his training and the system that he is apart off when he is made to go into a mission where another operative has failed. This mission brings him closer to the truth about what "The Program" is and also about his past. Of course there is a great cliffhanger in the end so that you will be anticipating the next book in this series.Though I was skeptical about a teenage spy/killer/patriot I really enjoyed this book and could not put it down.
    • 3/5
      The stronger soldier succeeds where the weaker soldier failed. I will show The Program that I am the stronger soldier.I really enjoyed the first book in this series and I looked forward to reading this installment so I was pleased to see that it was made available on NetGalley and requested it right away. I have to say that I was a bit disappointed by this book. After really loving the first book in the series and loving getting to follow Zach as he kicked ass yet still stayed complex, this book felt slow to start and lacked the a lot of the action and magic from the first book.The first half of this book seemed really slow to me. Zach (or as he is called in this book "Daniel") is either trying to work his way close to Eugene Moore or is wandering around at Camp Liberty and I just kept waiting for some big action or something to happen. It was just a lot of "Do they trust me? Do they not trust me?"The second half really did seem to pick up and I did get hooked in to the story. There was a bit of a twist regarding Zach's mission in the second half and I saw it coming from a mile away (or at least the main part of it). I enjoyed all the action towards the end and really enjoyed the internal conflict that Zach is having in regards to his role with The Program. It was also nice to get to read about Howard again.The slowness of the first half of this book really seemed to drag the book down for me but the action of the second half and Zach's doubts and internal conflicts about The Program are what really saved this book for me. With all that went on right at the end and with the things that Zach has learned I am eager to read more of this series. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the galley.
    • 5/5
      Great story. I HATE waiting for the next book! I hope to find it soon!
    • 5/5
      I received an e-copy of this story for an honest review.An intriguing idea: using teens as soldiers. Because, let’s admit it, sometimes adults don’t always pay attention to teens. But it brings a few questions to mind. Is The Program part of the Government? Does the Government acknowledge it? Is it an unofficial program, or does it have nothing to do with the Government, and is funded and operated by someone else? Then it brings a few other personal questions to the surface: How do they find these teens? Is it some sort of Big Brother operation? Who can you Truly trust? How well do you Really know someone?
    • 4/5
      Zach continues to have doubts and questions about The Program. To get away from these doubts, he escapes the wait for his next mission by signing on to be a counselor in training at a summer sports camp. When The Program discovers his location, Father is sent to retrieve him and find out where his loyalties lie. After a grueling physical exam, Zach and Father embark on a mission in which Zach is to kill the man who is running a survival camp during a recruitment seminar, but when the man is attacked by one of his own followers, Zach saves his life and is immediately taken to the camp. Once there, Zach realizes that their agenda involves much more than training recruits, but when Zach can't reach Father, he knows that he has either been labeled a traitor by his organization or The Program has been attacked and needs help. Unfortunately, he is afraid it is the former.

      I Am the Mission continues the story of Zach, the teenage assassin, but the twist in this story is that Zach is beginning to feel too much for his targets, raising questions about trusting big government and blindly following rules. These questions are amplified by the people at Camp Liberty who are questioning the same things that Zach is. Overall, this is another good entry in this series, which asks bigger questions than the average teen spy series.
    • 4/5
      The second book adds additional layers of intrigue and danger. A fun, exciting page-turner.
    • 4/5
      This book continues the story that began with I Am the Weapon. Zach, 16, is an assassin for The Program, a shady black-ops type organization that professes to be carrying out patriotic missions to protect national security. All Zach really knows is that he has no other choice in the matter. His parents are presumed dead, and he was commandeered into The Program and trained for two years. Each time he receives a new assignment, he is given a new identity, goes to a new place, insinuates himself close to the target, and then surreptitiously eliminates that target.In this installment, Zach, now “Daniel,” is sent to a military camp for teens in rural New Hampshire. Camp Liberty is a training facility for the children of right-wingers. Daniel’s job is to kill the head of the camp, Eugene Moore. The Program has detected evidence of a plan by Moore and his followers to carry out a terrorist operation somewhere in the Northeast. The previous assassin assigned to the case went missing after infiltrating the camp, something which has never happened before. Daniel is assigned to finish the job.Moore is better protected than Daniel expects, and as happened with his previous assignment, Daniel is forced to deviate from the plan, something that doesn’t go over well with The Program. He gets into trouble, and can’t reach his usual contacts in The Program. He decides to call upon Howard, a geeky tech friend he made in New York on his last assignment. Daniel is not supposed to make friends, nor to let anyone else know what he does, but he has made an exception for Howard. Howard takes the train to Manchester to provide tech support for Daniel.Meanwhile, Daniel’s mission continues to spiral out of control, and he increasingly loses the ability to figure out truth from manipulation, traitor from patriot, or friend from enemy. He also is desperate that Howard not die just because Zach took a chance and made a friend. But the only thing Daniel knows for sure is that he can’t control what happens until he finds out the truth about his life. Evaluation: This story got off to a slow start for me, but I’m glad I stuck with it, because the suspense and pace picked up greatly in the second half, and had me whipping through the pages. In addition, the reappearance of the character of Howard provided a welcome "normalization" in a plot otherwise full of people unlikely to be encountered in real life.
    • 4/5
      Wow! I can see this going somewhere. The world development and conflict was extremely well done, and I really liked the characters.Recommended for fans of Eon, The Grisha, Fire and Thorns, and Graceling