He has now become the hunted.Īs he develops a plan of revenge, fate drops a huge surprise on him in the form of a young woman named Alice Maxwell. It doesn't come, and he realizes he's been lied to and set up. Once the bad guy is dead, Billy disappears to another area of town under a different name to await word of his payment. Along the way, he learns a lot about himself through the friendships he develops in the community. It will be a long wait before he can have access to the mark, so he ingratiates himself in the community for six months under the cover of being a writer on a short leash to finish a novel promised to his publisher. Once he decides the $2 million is worth it, he begins planning his moves. As always, his sole criterion for accepting a job is the fact the potential victim must be a very bad guy. Before he can announce his retirement, a job arrives promising a $2 million payment - half a million up front and the balance on completion of the task.
His ability to blend in with his surroundings is topped only by his almost Houdini-like disappearance after the job is done.
Trained as a sniper by the marines, he has never failed at his job. “Billy Summers” is Stephen King's latest foray into crime noir.
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