It Ends with Knight

by Yasmin Angoe

Overview

In this thrilling conclusion of the Nena Knight series, the trained assassin will have to confront the ghosts of her past…before she becomes one herself.

Until his untimely death, Nena’s mentor was the backbone of the Tribe. With his leadership position unfilled and despite the Tribe’s newfound misgivings about her, Nena has stepped into a new role she never wanted.

Politics is an entirely new venture for her, and now one of the Tribe’s own has been kidnapped, forcing her back to her origins as an assassin. But the only person qualified for such a rescue mission is Nena Knight—and a new team whose trust in her continues to waver.

Determined to harness the power of her former role to succeed in her new one, Nena must also face what she left behind. Old fears, resentments, and anger threaten the precarious hold Nena has on her new life as she realizes that the past—and the people from it—are never far behind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781662508295
Publisher:	Amazon Publishing
Publication date:	09/05/2023
Series:	Nena Knight , #3
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Yasmin Angoe is the author of Her Name Is Knight and a first-generation Ghanaian American currently residing in South Carolina with her family. She’s served in education for nearly twenty years and works as a developmental editor. Yasmin received the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award from Sisters in Crime and is a member of numerous crime, mystery, and thriller organizations like Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Color, and International Thriller Writers. You can find her at www.yasminangoe.com, on Twitter at @yasawriter, and on Instagram at @author_yas.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for It Ends with Knight

“Watch your back, Liam Neeson. This avenger is tough.” —Kirkus Reviews

“High-stakes action, intrigue and a professional assassin…the thrilling conclusion to Yasmin Angoe’s Nena Knight series has it all.” —Woman's World

“It Ends with Knight is a gripping novel full of intrigue and fight scenes balanced with scenes that develop Nena’s relationships and reveal personal growth. If you like thrillers, don’t miss this one.” —Southern Literary Review

“Nena Knight can cover Orphan X’s six o’clock any day! Stolen from her village in Ghana, Knight reinvents herself as an elite assassin capable of all orders of badassery. One of thrillerdom’s rising stars, Yasmin Angoe paints Knight with nuance, strength, and grace. These books burn hot and read fast.” —Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X series

“It Ends with Knight finishes this trilogy every bit as heart pounding, soul-searching, and explosive as it started. Nena Knight now takes her place alongside crime fiction’s most unforgettable heroines.” —Rachel Howzell Hall, New York Times bestselling author of We Lie Here and These Toxic Things

“Yasmin Angoe returns with both barrels blazing in It Ends with Knight. Nena Knight is such a well-crafted character, and Angoe’s writing is an absolute joy. You need some pretty strong writer mojo to get readers to root for an assassin, and Angoe pulls it off. I truly hope It Ends with Knight is not the end of this wonderful series.” —Tracy Clark, bestselling author and winner of the Sue Grafton Memorial Award

Praise for They Come at Knight

An Amazon Best Book of the Month: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

“There’s nothing ho hum about Nena Knight, the killer at the heart of Yasmin Angoe’s They Come at Knight…In one blistering action scene after another, we get to see how good Nena is at what she does.” —New York Times Book Review

“A second round of action-packed, high-casualty intrigue for professional assassin Nena Knight. A lethal tale of an all-but-superhero whose author promises that ‘in this story, there are no heroes.’” —Kirkus Reviews

“This action-packed novel drives toward an explosive conclusion. Determined to survive devastating loss and mete out justice, Nena is a heroine readers will embrace.” —Publishers Weekly

Praise for Her Name Is Knight

“This stunning debut…deftly balances action, interpersonal relationships, issues of trauma, and profound human questions in an unforgettable novel.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“A parable of reclaiming personal and tribal identity by seizing power at all costs.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Angoe expertly builds tension by shifting between her lead’s past and present lives. Thriller fans will cheer Aninyeh every step of the way.” —Publishers Weekly

“An action-packed thriller you can lose yourself in.” —PopSugar

“Memorable characters, drama, heart-pounding danger…this suspenseful novel has it all.” —Woman’s World

“A crackerjack story with truly memorable characters. I can’t wait to see what Yasmin Angoe comes up with next.” —David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Yasmin Angoe’s debut novel, Her Name Is Knight, is an amazing, action-packed international thriller full of suspense, danger, and even romance. It’s like a John Wick prequel except John is a beautiful African woman with a particular set of skills.” —S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of Razorblade Tears

“It’s hard to believe that Her Name Is Knight is Yasmin Angoe’s debut novel. This dual-timeline story about a highly trained Miami-based assassin who learns to reclaim her power after having her entire life ripped from her as a teenager in Ghana is equal parts love story, social commentary, and action thriller. Nena Knight will stay with you long after you’ve read the last word, and this is a must-read for fans of Lee Child and S. A. Cosby. I found myself crying in one chapter and cheering in the next. I couldn’t put it down!” —Kellye Garrett, Anthony, Agatha, and Lefty Award–winning author

“This was a book I couldn’t put down. Yasmin Angoe does a brilliant job of inviting you into a world of espionage and revenge while giving her characters depth and backstory that pull the reader in even more. This story has depth, excitement, and heartbreaking loss all intertwined into an awesome debut. The spy thriller genre has a new name to look out for!” —Matthew Farrell, bestselling author of Don’t Ever Forget

“This brave and profoundly gorgeous thriller takes readers to places they’ve never been, to challenges they’ve never faced, and to judgments that leave the strongest in tears. Her Name Is Knight is a stunning and important debut, and Yasmin Angoe is a fantastic new talent.” —Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of Her Perfect Life

“Her Name Is Knight is a roundhouse kick of a novel—intense, evocative, and loaded with character and international intrigue. Nena Knight is a protagonist for the ages and one readers will not soon forget. Her Name Is Knight isn’t just thrills and action, either—the book lingers with you long after you’ve finished. More, please.” —Alex Segura, acclaimed author of Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall, Secret Identity, and Blackout

From the Publisher

2023-07-13
Quite a change for professional Network assassin Nena Knight: Despite her protests, her father packs her off on a complicated diplomatic mission.

The Tanzanian village of Latema is sitting on an enormously valuable tanzanite mine that American entrepreneur Frances Dubin—a textbook racist and sexist whose French wife, Bridget, delivered Nena to traffickers when she still was a child—is itching to develop and expand. The national government, in the persons of Prime Minister Samwell Asogi and minister of mining Farida Odemba, wants a piece of the action. Councilman David Tegete is running point among Dubin, the government officials, and the miners, whose spokesperson is charismatic Robin Hood figure Judah Wasira. Ignoring Nena’s apt observation that “she wasn’t one for diplomacy or too much conversation,” Noble Knight assigns her and her crew—Eritrean American Network colleague Femi, high-level South African op Billy Thom, and tech specialist Evers, ne Everlasting Nevermind Chinoba—to make sure the negotiations go smoothly, do their best to prevent the villagers from being cheated, and cover Tegete’s back. Readers of the first two installments of Nena’s adventures won’t be surprised when everything goes wrong: A suspicious accident makes the mine distinctly less marketable, several important parties are shot, a child is kidnapped, and the ransom demanded, apart from a paltry $2 million, is a one-sided mining deal that’s unfair to everyone but whomever hired the kidnappers. Luckily, Nena is now in her element, since every problem this new turn of events poses can be solved with condign violence, even though the story could well have ended before the last few twists.

Watch your back, Liam Neeson. This avenger is tough.

Kirkus Reviews