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Apple TV+ lands rights to adapt Barry Eisler’s ‘John Rain’ series of novels

Barry Eisler’s “John Rain” books are being adapted for Apple TV+ after the streamer and Tom Winchester’s Pure Fiction label scored the right to the series of novels.

Let it rain. Barry Eisler’s “John Rain” books are being adapted for Apple TV+ after the streamer and Tom Winchester’s Pure Fiction label scored the rights to the New York Times bestsellers, reports Deadline.

The character of John Rain is a half Japanese, half American Vietnam veteran turned freelance assassin. He specializes in making his kills look like death by natural causes. The first book in the series is “A Clean Kill in Tokyo.” There are 14 books in the series.

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Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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