How to make an assassin sympathetic? This is a common dilemma for thriller writers, whose books demand plenty of action and often include several horrible deaths. Robert Ludlum, author of the Jason Bourne series, created a hero who was an amnesiac programmed to kill by evil American scientists, so making him morally ambiguous. Mark Burnell, who created the Petra Reuter series, gives Reuter multiple personalities, so one hand knows not what the others are doing.
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